REMARKS
Pierina Ana Sanchez explains her vote in favor of City of Yes for Housing Opportunity
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Council Member Pierina Ana Sanchez explains her support for the City of Yes for Housing text amendment, emphasizing the urgent need to address the housing crisis in New York City. She highlights the $5 billion in additional investments secured for the City For All Housing Plan and urges her colleagues to consider the modifications and investments before the full vote on December 5th.
- Sanchez acknowledges that voting no might be easier but stresses the responsibility to deliver for New Yorkers
- She describes the housing crisis's impact on her community, including tenants facing eviction and struggling financially
- Sanchez praises the combined approach of City of Yes for Housing and City For All as "the most pro housing plan in New York City history"
Pierina Ana Sanchez
0:10:25
Thank you, chair.
0:10:26
It takes an incredible amount of courage to do what you think is right, especially in the face of opposition.
0:10:33
Voting no may be a far easier option for many on City of Yes, but in my perspective, we have a duty, a responsibility to do everything in our power to deliver for New Yorkers.
0:10:44
For my community, the housing crisis means tenants at the brink of eviction, unable to stay in the neighborhoods that they call home, struggling to put food on the table.
0:10:52
That's our daily life today.
0:10:54
But let me be clear, as housing chair New Yorkers from all over contact me about the housing crisis every week.
0:11:02
While building a little more housing in every neighborhood, as proposed and modified today, in the city of YES for Housing text amendment, while that may ease the housing crisis in the long term, zoning reforms introduced are not enough to meet the moment.
0:11:18
That is why I'm so proud of the tremendous work the speaker, her staff, the council, in partnership, have done together to secure $5,000,000,000 of additional investments relating to the speaker's City For All Housing Plan, a plan that is a response to, in addition to zoning, what are we doing to help New Yorkers right now?
0:11:38
Deeper housing affordability, homeownership opportunities, preservation opportunities, improved neighborhood infrastructure.
0:11:45
While the full vote is forthcoming the full vote on z h o is forthcoming on December 5th by the full body, I'm hopeful that my colleagues take the next days to think holistically about the modifications and the investments that the speaker was able to secure on our behalf.
0:12:01
This is the most pro housing plan in New York City history, city of yes for housing with city for all.
0:12:08
With that, I vote aye on all today.
