PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Alex Heuer on Arrow Linen Development Rezoning
5:05:36
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Alex Heuer strongly supports the rezoning of the Arrow Linen development, emphasizing the need for more housing in New York City. He appreciates the development team's flexibility in designing a building that fits the neighborhood and the addition of affordable housing units.
- Heuer lives in the East Village but is interested in neighborhoods like Windsor Terrace for future living
- He acknowledges the development team's efforts to propose a building shorter on the street and taller in the back
- Heuer urges the subcommittee to vote yes on the rezoning proposal, citing support from Borough President Reynoso and the state planning commission
Alex Heuer
5:05:36
Awesome.
5:05:38
Everybody.
5:05:38
Thank you.
5:05:39
My name is Alex Sawyer, and I strongly support the rezoning of the Arrow Linnan development.
5:05:45
So I live in the district.
5:05:47
I I live in the East Village.
5:05:48
But as someone who's interested and excited about living in New York City for the rest of my life and everything I have family here, Windsor Terrace is the type of neighborhood that I'd be quite excited about.
5:05:59
But, ultimately, we need more housing, and this rezoning project provides an awesome opportunity.
5:06:06
As I've learned more about the project in past meetings, I've really appreciated the flexibility that the development team has shown in proposing a building that's shorter on on the street and and taller on the back, and I I I do think they're kind of accounting for, like, what's appropriate in the neighborhood.
5:06:22
And I appreciate that this building will add additional affordable housing housing units to the neighborhood in a lot that is in an out of operation factory.
5:06:31
Again, these are all net new units.
5:06:33
And it's been encouraging to see the borough president Reynoso and the state planning commission provide strong support of the of the proposal.
5:06:42
And so I think that I've seen that the opposition stressed that we need more fully affordable housing on the slot or or or much more affordable housing on the slot.
5:06:51
But, ultimately, that plan does not exist, and we don't have time to waste in addressing the urgent housing crisis in this city.
5:07:00
So I strongly encourage the subcommittee to vote yes in supporting the rezoning proposal.
5:07:07
Thank you.