PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Donna Schneiderman on 441/467 Prospect Avenue (Arrow Linen) Rezoning
5:31:44
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Donna Schneiderman expresses concerns about transparency and the lack of specific details regarding affordable housing in the Arrow Linen rezoning project. She emphasizes the need for affordable housing over luxury housing and raises issues about potential impacts on the neighborhood.
- Highlights worries about predatory developers buying out smaller properties if upzoning occurs
- Echoes concerns about traffic issues on Prospect Avenue, which is not a wide avenue
- Criticizes Arrow for not engaging directly with the community
Donna Schneiderman
5:31:44
Hi.
5:31:45
Thanks so much for, including me.
5:31:47
I wasn't sure I was maybe, adding anything.
5:31:50
There's been great testimony.
5:31:51
I've been listening throughout the day while multi multitasking and doing some work, and I appreciate, all the time with this that the, committee and council member, Paneef, has given to listening to all this testimony.
5:32:08
The only thing that I wanna add that hasn't been said already or reiterate some of the things that we've heard is that it has to do with the transparency.
5:32:16
That's been my greatest concern.
5:32:17
I agree with everything everybody's been saying about the need for affordable housing.
5:32:22
What I've been hearing as I've been listening is we have not heard specifically, what type of affordable housing would be available, And that seems to be the biggest concern.
5:32:34
I feel that once this if this project gets voted forward and it becomes upzoned, I share some of the concerns other people have raised about predatory developers coming and looking to buy out some of the smaller properties and pushing out people who have been living in the neighborhood for a long time or who have access to, affordable housing already in the neighborhood.
5:33:01
So, basically, I'm mostly concerned about not having those details about what would be affordable.
5:33:08
I think we need affordable housing, not more luxury housing.
5:33:12
And I think it, I also echo the concerns about Prospect Avenue.
5:33:16
It is not a wide avenue.
5:33:18
We have traffic issues, happening there already.
5:33:21
I can only imagine what that would be like with a a building the scale of what we're talking about.
5:33:27
So, that's what I'd like to add in, and thanks again for hearing all the, very insightful testimony that's been offered today.
5:33:35
I also just wanna say it's a it is a shame that Arrow has not been engaging more directly with community.
5:33:41
I was also impressed by the other projects covered