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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Karen Wang, Program Director of Hamilton Madison House
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Karen Wang, Program Director of Hamilton Madison House, testifies in support of the Metropolitan Park project, emphasizing its potential for job creation, economic growth, and community benefits. She highlights the project's commitment to community engagement and its potential to enhance mental health services for the Asian American community.
- The project is expected to create thousands of union jobs during construction and several thousand permanent union jobs.
- Hamilton Madison House, a behavioral health clinic serving the Asian American community, sees the project as an opportunity to expand their reach and impact.
- Wang praises the project developers for their engagement with local stakeholders and their commitment to understanding community needs.
Karen Wang
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First of all, thank you for offering me the opportunity to speak.
1:41:56
My name is Karen Wang.
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I'm here on behalf of Hamilton Madison House to support the Metropolitan Park project.
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This is an exciting project that will bring year round entertainment, dining, green space, and public transportation improvement to create a lively space that all Queens and New York can be part of.
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The Metropolitan Park project is more than just a development.
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It's about creating jobs, boosting our local economy.
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It is expected to create thousands of union jobs during construction and several thousand of permanent union jobs once it's finished, jobs that our community very need.
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I'm working as a program director at Hamilton Medicine House, one of the New York City leading behavioral health clinics serving Asian American community.
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Since 1983, we have operated an outpatient behavioral health clinic, a supportive housing at Corona Queens, as well as a behavioral health outpatient clinic in Lower East Side.
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This is the first and only one in New York City and state.
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We serve community across with 11 Asian languages and dialect.
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We are grateful that the way of Metropolitan Park has engaged our organization and other local shareholder to numerous listening sessions.
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They have shown a sincere commitment to understand what the community wants and needs to drive there.
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Through this project, we see a real chance to expand our clinic reach and deepen our impact.
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The development allow us to create an even stronger support network for our community member who desperately need affordable, accessible mental health service, connecting them with the resources that they need and deserve.
1:43:38
For all those recent job creation, economic goal, community involvement, and enhance of social service, we fully support the Metropolitan Project and encourage you to approve it.
1:43:49
Thank you.