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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Conor Ross, Community Board Member from Brooklyn Community Board 8
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Conor Ross, a member of Brooklyn Community Board 8, expressed support for the Atlantic Avenue Mixed Use Plan (AAMUP) rezoning, emphasizing the need for more housing development and faster implementation of safety improvements on Atlantic Avenue. He urged the council to consider Community Board 8's priorities for the plan.
- Criticized the proposed 6-10 year timeline for Atlantic Avenue safety improvements as too long
- Supported Community Board 8's priorities for AAMUP, including deeper affordability on city-owned sites
- Emphasized the urgency of addressing the housing crisis through rezoning and removing barriers to development
Conor Ross
2:06:33
Yes.
2:06:33
Thank you.
2:06:34
I wanna thank the time for all the council members present here.
2:06:38
Thank you to council members Hudson and OSA for their time.
2:06:43
I serve on community board day, and I also serve on the committees for housing and land use as well as environment sanitation and transportation.
2:06:51
So I've been a part of a lot of conversations regarding AIM UP since my time on the community board.
2:06:56
And as someone who's lived in the neighborhood for many years at this point, I want to express my support for AIM UP in rezoning the neighborhood to develop more housing and put the pressure on the council to consider the priorities and needs that community board eight has led with.
2:07:17
First, before I get into all of that, I will express the appreciation for council members Hudson and Jose for talking about the danger in the current state of Atlantic Avenue and the need for rezoning there and, revisioning.
2:07:32
And I think the six to ten year window that the city, departments have proposed is ridiculous.
2:07:38
And I think everyone can agree that we need to work faster in terms of making that street safe for everybody.
2:07:44
I stand by all the priorities that CB8 has presented in terms of AIM UP and what we hope to see change there.
2:07:53
As we heard from council members Jose and Hudson, we are behind the clock in terms of the housing crisis that we have.
2:07:59
And as I walk through the neighborhood, respected in AMUP almost every day, I see the opportunity for additional housing.
2:08:07
And there's no way that we're going to get there until we start to open the bear or remove the barriers to make this easier for developers to work on this with respect to the needs of the neighborhood.
2:08:20
We've made this very clear, and I think all the asks that CB8 has put forward are very common sense and respectable given what the city is able to do, especially when it comes to city owned sites where we can do much more deeply affordable levels of affordability.
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2:08:36
MIH Thank you.
2:08:37
Your time expired.
Conor Ross
2:08:39
Okay.
2:08:39
Thank you for the time.
Kevin Riley
2:08:40
Thank you.