PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Sanford Miller, Board Member of Manhattan Community Board 4, on City of Yes for Housing Opportunity
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Sanford Miller, a resident of Hell's Kitchen and member of Manhattan Community Board 4, expresses strong support for the City of Yes proposal. He emphasizes the urgent need to address the city's housing shortage and rising costs, advocating for citywide measures to increase housing supply and improve affordability.
- Highlights the success of new housing development in Hell's Kitchen and Manhattan Community Board 4 area
- Supports specific elements of City of Yes, including ADUs, lifting parking mandates, and contextual zoning
- Argues that a citywide approach is necessary to effectively address the housing crisis and balance power between landlords and renters
Sanford Miller
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Okay.
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Hi.
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Hello,
Robert Jeffery
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Compton.
10:42:48
Hello?
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Yeah.
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You may be transferred.
Sanford Miller
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I am a resident of health kitchen and also on Manhattan Community Workforce.
10:42:56
All of these things I expressed today are my own and not those at the board.
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I'm deeply concerned about the cost of housing in the city and how quickly it has been going up for how long.
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Many people I know are highly burdened by their rent and or they live far away from their jobs because they cannot afford to live closer.
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I strongly encourage the city council to pass city of yes as it is today or even stronger.
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Health Kitchen, Equity Board 4, have seen a large amount of new housing units in the last 2 decades, which I am proud of.
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And I welcome my new neighbors, and I think they haven't reached the neighborhood.
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However, the city wide housing shortage is not something that by its nature, health kitchen, or even Manhattan can solve on its own.
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I'm very happy to see in city of yes.
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It's it's gonna affect the whole city, and things like ADUs, lifting parking mandates, content they're zoning.
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All the neighbors across the city will in a sustainable balanced way, contribute to riding more homes from New Yorkers to live in, which is what we need to do in order for to actually get into a situation where landlords have less leverage and renters have more.
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So with that in mind, I encourage the city council very strongly capacity.
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Yeah.
