Paul Briscoe
2:57:54
Thank you, counsel, giving me the opportunity and everybody else to speak.
2:57:58
My name is Paul Briscoe, and I'm running for Congress of New York's District 10.
2:58:03
My wife, GNI, a lifelong Brooklyn Heights.
2:58:05
And working musicians that live right over the bridge in Kabul Hill.
2:58:09
The constant struggle to push against the over development of my neighborhood, along with others within my district like Sunset Park, Park Slope and Redhook is very real.
2:58:19
We already live in a city of yes.
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And is overcrowded and unsustainable.
2:58:25
We're seeing it real time with our Brooklyn Marine Terminal project that stretches over 122 acres of waterfront from Atlantic Avenue to Redhook.
2:58:35
Developers and city planners say they include residents and community input meetings, and they conveniently do.
2:58:42
By holding these meetings all week nights, usually around 5:30 at night, with little to no community outreach at door to door engagement.
2:58:50
It's a game that's designed to make you feel like you're involved when the truth is you're not.
2:58:55
Behind the scenes these decisions are having already been made, getting the most money out of every square foot of porcelain.
2:59:02
So when I hear the mayor and the city council pushing for this rezoning, it begs the question, where are elected officials priorities?
2:59:10
We have a rapidly declining infrastructure where our schools and transportation can keep up with demand.
2:59:17
But our city is quick to spend housing on illegal migrants within hotels and open shelters like the ten story mega shelter in Clinton Hill.
2:59:25
But they don't see our mismanaged subway system.
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The lack of parking and many boroughs in our crowded classrooms We are tax paying residents that want better roads, better schools for our kids, safer communities with less crowding.
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Stop punishing people that wanna live in a low density area.
2:59:45
Many families opt to stay at us if he's boarded just so they can have some space.
2:59:50
Yet the luxury high rises continue to sprout up, and there is little to no affordability within their confines.
