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Adam Brodheim, Housing Researcher and Community Board Member, on easing transfer of development rights for landmark buildings and other City of Yes proposals

1:55:53

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Adam Brodheim, a housing researcher and community board member from the Upper West Side, expresses support for the City of Yes plan, particularly focusing on easing the transfer of development rights for landmark buildings. He highlights how this change can benefit religious and cultural institutions while enabling new housing development.

  • Brodheim emphasizes the importance of preserving neighborhood character while addressing housing needs
  • He mentions successful examples of development rights transfers on the Upper West Side, including Church of Saint Paul the Apostle and West End Collegiate
  • The speaker also supports other City of Yes proposals such as office-to-residential conversions, eliminating parking minimums, legalizing Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), and zoning changes for campuses
  • Support for easing the transfer of development rights for landmark buildings
  • Importance of preserving historic buildings while allowing for new housing
  • Potential benefits for religious and cultural institutions
  • Support for office-to-residential conversions
  • Support for ending parking minimums
  • Support for legalizing ADUs
  • Support for making changes to zoning on campuses
  • Allowing density in historic districts without changing their character

[EXPERIMENTAL]

Which elements of City of Yes for Housing Opportunity were discussed in this testimony?

  • Campuses
  • Residential Conversions
  • ADU
  • Parking Mandates

The following are AI-extracted quotes and reasoning about which elements of the proposal were discussed in this testimony.

This is a quick, close approximation. Occasionally, the connection between a testimony's transcript and specific elements of City Planning's proposal is tenuous.

Read about this AI-generated analysis here.

Campuses

"making changes to zoning and campuses"

The speaker mentions 'making changes to zoning and campuses', which directly relates to the Campuses element of the proposal. This aligns with City Planning's intention to make it easier for campuses to add new buildings by removing obstacles and streamlining outdated rules.

Residential Conversions

"office presidential conversions"

The speaker mentions 'office presidential conversions' which likely refers to the residential conversions element of the proposal. This aligns with the City Planning's intention to allow conversion of non-residential buildings, particularly offices, into housing.

ADU

"Legalizing ADUs"

The speaker directly mentions 'Legalizing ADUs', which refers to the Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) element of the proposal. This aligns with City Planning's intention to allow ADUs like backyard cottages, garage conversions, and basement apartments.

Parking Mandates

"any parking minimums"

The speaker mentions 'any parking minimums' which likely refers to the proposal's element of removing parking mandates. This aligns with the City Planning's intention to end parking mandates for new housing.

About this analysis:

This analysis is done by AI that reasons whether or not a quote from the testimony discusses a particular element of the proposal.

All the prompts and data are open and available on Github.

You can search for testimonies that mentioned a specific element in the table on the main meeting page.

When an element is explicitly stated in the testimony (e.g. "Universal Affordability Preference" or "UAP"), the analysis is accurate.

But the connection between a quote from the testimony and an element of the proposal is sometimes implicit.

In these cases, the AI might eagerly label a testimony as discussing a proposal when the connection is tenuous, or it might omit it entirely.

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Adam Brodheim
1:55:53
Good morning, commissioners.
1:55:55
My name is Adam Broadheim, and I live on the upper west side.
1:56:00
I hope you get by thanking DCP staff for all of their hard work as a community board member.
1:56:05
I'm really grateful for their help in walking us through.
1:56:07
Both answering questions and being there late at night when we had last minute questions.
1:56:11
The unprecedented attendance at this meeting is a testament to their incredible diligence and commitment to New York City.
1:56:17
As a housing researcher, I've looked at that community.
1:56:19
I've seen how the upper west side is shrinking because people combine a Brooklyn stuff that they want to build.
1:56:23
And for too long, we haven't had the tools to make that we build new housing to replace that, which is lost.
1:56:28
I'm so excited for you to see.
1:56:31
I have a degree in historic preservation, and that's what I do So I wanna focus on one proposal that I think is really important not just to the upper west side, but all of New York City, easing the transfer of development rights for landmark buildings.
1:56:42
The upper west side is our versus seller development rights, allowing new housing, while giving a financial lifeline to these congregations.
1:56:50
The church of Saint Paul the Apostle, West End Khalifa, and St.
1:56:53
Luke.
1:56:54
They've all been successful transfers that have helped preserve the critical aspects of our neighborhood character.
1:56:58
Yet, we have a tragic situation on 86th Street with a landmark search that is in desperate need of money for repairs, the cancel their error rates under the card regulations.
1:57:06
The changes you are considering today will ease that burden and make it easier for religious and cultural institutions to find a path or in our increasingly challenging city, while helping our city to build homes and build community.
1:57:17
The whole city of YesPlan is great, but I quickly wanna call out the other specific proposals that are particularly compatible with integration, including office presidential conversions, any parking minimums.
1:57:27
Legalizing ADUs and making changes to zoning and campuses, all of these allow for new density in our historic districts without changing what makes the historic districts important.
1:57:37
I hope today is Christopher Staffing combating New York City's housing crisis.
1:57:40
I hope we can continue to find ways to allow our city to grow, so we can continue to thrive, and I can continue to tell everyone I need.
1:57:47
Thank you.
1:57:47
And I hope you submitted the funds on as strong as possible for me.

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