PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Erik Nilsen on Housing Development and Affordability in New York City
3:35:30
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Erik Nilsen, a native New Yorker and Brooklyn resident, urges the city council to support the proposed housing project. He shares his personal experience with housing affordability issues in New York City and emphasizes the need for more housing construction to address the ongoing housing crisis.
- Highlights the perpetual housing crisis in NYC due to insufficient construction
- Argues that any new affordable housing in the community is beneficial
- Acknowledges community concerns about affordability but stresses the importance of increasing housing supply
Erik Nilsen
3:35:30
Hi.
3:35:31
Thank you, city council, for letting us, into this hearing and allowing us to speak today.
3:35:36
So my name is Eric.
3:35:37
I'm a native New Yorker.
3:35:39
I live in Brooklyn.
3:35:40
I rented in that neighborhood about 20 years ago and even then I had to leave after about a year because of affordability concerns.
3:35:48
Later in life, I was able to finally be able to become a homeowner in Brooklyn simply because of new construction in my other neighborhood that I live in now, Bushwick.
3:35:57
The, it just seems like there's my entire adult life, there's been a perpetual housing crisis in New York City because we just simply just don't build enough housing.
3:36:06
So that's why I urge the city council to support this project and build it.
3:36:10
I know there are concerns from the community about lack of affordability, but the community has there just isn't a lot of affordable housing in that community to begin with.
3:36:19
So any any little bit we can get, I think, is just a win win overall.
3:36:26
Yeah.
3:36:26
Thank you for your time.