REMARKS
Council Member Lincoln Restler's remarks on City of Yes zoning amendment and housing initiatives
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Council Member Lincoln Restler expresses strong support for the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity zoning amendment and the accompanying $5 billion City for All Housing Plan. He emphasizes the council's role in addressing the housing crisis and praises Speaker Adrienne Adams' leadership in negotiating significant investments in affordable housing and community improvements.
- Highlights the plan's goal to expand housing in every neighborhood across New York City
- Mentions specific benefits for his district, including more affordable housing and less parking in transit-rich areas
- Thanks various individuals involved in the process, including the Department of City Planning team
Lincoln Restler
0:59:05
Thank you so much, madam majority leader.
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You know, mayors and their administrations, they can propose whatever they want.
0:59:12
But it is up to this council, the city council, to determine what laws are adopted, what zoning changes are made.
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This body recognizes the extreme housing emergency and affordability crisis that our city is facing.
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Thanks to the tremendous leadership of our speaker, Adrian Adams, we are embracing a plan to expand housing in every neighborhood across New York City.
0:59:34
And thanks to the tremendous leadership of speaker Adrian Adams, we are accomplishing so much more.
0:59:40
This zoning modification adopted by when adopted by the council will ensure we create truly affordable housing through the speaker's speak city for all plan.
0:59:48
The speaker negotiated a historic $5,000,000,000 investment in new affordable housing that is actually affordable to working families, in tenant protections, in improvements at NYCHA, in infrastructure investments to meet the needs of growing communities, and so much more.
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In my district, as a result of this plan, there will be more affordable housing in new buildings that go up and less parking spots in our transit rich community.
1:00:12
That makes sense.
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This plan will create just about a 100 units of new housing per council district per year for the next 15 years.
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Come to the 33rd district today.
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There are dozens of projects underway that are bigger than a 100 units right now.
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My district has generated more new housing than any other council district in New York City over the last 15 years.
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We are doing our part.
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It has not been easy, but it has been necessary.
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This plan ensures that every city council district steps up.
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I'd like to thank the speaker and her team for negotiating a great deal for New Yorkers, for my constituents.
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I am grateful especially to Faiza and Jeremy and Mandela for their work on this.
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I'd also like to thank the team at DCP who have been great partners to us.
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Dan and Genevieve, Clem, Oyster, and the whole team over there.
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This is a really good day for the city council and for the people of New York City.
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Thank you so much.
