PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Anna Taktachev on Resolution 59 and QueensLink
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Anna Taktachev testifies in support of Resolution 59, emphasizing the importance of the QueensLink project for equitable city planning and improved transportation in Queens. She shares personal experiences of limited job and recreational opportunities due to inadequate public transit in East Queens.
- Argues that both QueensLink and Queensway proposals deserve equal consideration
- Highlights how QueensLink could enhance economic and recreational opportunities for Queens residents
- Stresses that without QueensLink, East Queens may become more isolated from the rest of New York City
Anna Taktachev
3:28:26
Hi.
3:28:27
Hi.
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Thank you.
3:28:29
I want to also testify in support of resolution 59.
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59.
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I think this is foremost an issue of equitable city planning.
3:28:37
When we have 2 competing proposals for a site, one of them being Queen's length, one of them being Queensway, I think both deserve the opportunity to have both plans serving side by side.
3:28:48
This is an issue of equity for all of New Yorkers.
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I grew up in East Queens.
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I grew up in Forest Hills.
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I've neglected rejected, rather, job opportunities in Brooklyn.
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I've rejected job opportunities in Tar Heel because it's unfeasible together.
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When I go out for recreation, specifically the beach, I go to Jones Beach just like Robert Moses intended because there's so much ground for putting I think the q 53 and 52 are so packed that it's impossible to get to a beach and enjoy the economy in my own world.
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I want to go see shows at Rippers in the summer.
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I wanna go surfing.
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I wanna see all the work that the city has done to restore the Rockaways, but I only get to go to Rockaway about 1 or 2 times a year.
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And that's not just talking about re recreation.
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I'm talking about economic opportunities as well.
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There are many people who live in the rock walls.
3:29:46
Fuck.
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Can't get it to work.
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Somewhere like even Forest Hills because it is such a long commute.
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I think Queen's length, unlike Queen's Way, would change the future.
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Whereas Queensway would preserve the status quo in East Queens and relegate relegate East Queens to just one more lane style of development for generations to come.
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I think it's a worthwhile plan for us to look at.
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Because if we don't build the Queen's link, Queen's will have more in common with Long Island than the rest of New York City as the city continues to grow.
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Each Queen is part of New York City too.
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And I believe that the Queens link deserves at least their EIS.
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Thank you.
