PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Marilyn Copa on 441/467 Prospect Avenue (Arrow Linen) Rezoning
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Marilyn Copa, a 35-year resident of Windsor Terrace, expresses strong opposition to the proposed high-rise development at 441/467 Prospect Avenue. She emphasizes that while the community welcomes newcomers and supports various housing initiatives, the height of the proposed building is out of character with the neighborhood.
- Copa describes the diverse and inclusive nature of her community, including long-time residents, newcomers, and various forms of non-traditional housing.
- She highlights that the community has not protested previous developments or housing programs for people in need.
- The main objection is to the height of the proposed building, which Copa believes will fundamentally change the character of the neighborhood.
Marilyn Copa
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Okay.
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Good afternoon.
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My name is Marilyn Copa, and Windsor Terrace has been my home for the past 35 years, and I am highly opposed to this high rise.
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This is a community that respects our longtime residents and welcomes the new ones.
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My immediate neighbors include a widow from the world trades from the widow of a world trade center hero.
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Next to me, I have new transplants from the Midwest on one side and on the other side, an immigrant from Africa and his Asian American wife.
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We've had new buildings going up, 2 story 2, 3 story buildings have gone up on my block in the last 10 or 15 years.
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One is a condo, one's a rental, and all the newcomers have been welcomed.
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We've as a community, we've banded together for causes, such as a block wide yard sale in in which we raised money for Ukraine.
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And, my community also includes a lot of nontraditional housing.
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There's a residence for cognitively impaired, cognitive delayed adults.
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On my corner, nearby is a 6 story building, with at least 250 apartments for seniors in which every resident there must be below a certain income level to qualify in order to get in.
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A block away, there's a homeless shelter housing many residents who appear to be in need of intensive guidance.
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And to my knowledge, nobody has protested in the past for any of these buildings that have gone up.
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Nobody's protested, for a homeless shelter that was, I don't know, 10 probably 10, 15 years ago, put in place, or for any other programs, for people in need Because, quickly, if I'm I'm real close, none of these projects included a high rise of this kind of dimension.
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And this is really what we're we're not objecting to newcomers.
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We welcome newcomers, but it is the height which is completely out of whack with the rest of the neighborhood, and we'll just change.
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It won't be the same neighborhood.
Kevin Riley
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Thank you, Mary.
Donna Schneiderman
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K.
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Thank you.
Kevin Riley
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Oh, not Mary.
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You
Marilyn Copa
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It's Marilyn.
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Close enough.
Olivia Gonzalez Killingsworth
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I appreciate
Marilyn Copa
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it's okay.
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I'm used to it.