PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Victoria Hillstrom, Member of the Public
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123 sec
Victoria Hillstrom testifies in opposition to the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal, focusing on its potential negative impact on lower Manhattan and the SoHo/NoHo rezoning. She argues that the plan would demolish rent-stabilized buildings and alter important housing that supports billion-dollar industries in fashion, film, TV, and the arts.
- Hillstrom identifies herself as a note designer whose work has been published
- She criticizes the plan for potentially altering manufacturing-zoned live-work spaces used by artists
- She argues that charging artists a tax that developers are not charged is discriminatory
Victoria Hillstrom
13:58:13
Hello.
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Are you there?
Kevin C. Riley
13:58:15
Yes.
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We can hear you.
Victoria Hillstrom
13:58:18
Hi.
13:58:18
Thank you very much for having me.
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Bye.
13:58:21
Name is Victoria Heltren, and I am calling to oppose this absolute nightmare.
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I am a note designer.
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My work has been published.
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I passed all three of the lost bills over our case in TriBeCa, which we testified at the NIH hearings.
13:58:42
It was an absolute nightmare.
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Would just like to say that the lower Manhattan loss tenants, dwellers, absolutely, are opposed to the sohoover zoning.
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In a plan that was approved for city council.
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We demolished a 185 rent stabilized buildings to alter air loss to office space, big box retail, $6,000,000 units, restaurants and hotels.
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This is an extremely important class of housing that supports our $1,000,000,000 industries of fashion, film and TV, use it as payments in the arts where we live work based on zoning for manufacturing.
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The notion that City Council or City Planning would literally take this important class in housing and alter it for any amount of money will put our $1,000,000,000 industries out of business.
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So that the notion that city planning would seek to charge artists a tax that developers are not charged.
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Is discriminatory.
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The notion that artists that averted the FACTO multiple dwelling
UNKNOWN
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Yes.
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Thomas expired.
