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Jasmine Camparitas, resident of Hollis Hills, Queens, on opposition to the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal

9:29:54

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Jasmine Camparitas, representing herself and her family from Hollis Hills and Bayside Queens, expresses strong opposition to the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal. She argues that the proposal will negatively impact lower-density communities, increase density without sufficient infrastructure, and potentially end enforcement of illegal apartments.

  • Camparitas claims the proposal will result in an unlawful taking of property by destroying property values without measurable community benefits.
  • She criticizes the April 2024 environmental impact statement for incorrectly identifying areas as not affected, particularly regarding socioeconomic conditions and neighborhood character.
  • Camparitas emphasizes that the proposal does not address the real issue of affordable housing shortages and suggests focusing on converting underutilized existing city space instead.
  • The proposal will destroy and eliminate low-density communities
  • It will replace owner-occupied housing with market-rate rental units
  • It will increase density without sufficient infrastructure
  • It will end enforcement of illegal apartments
  • It will negatively impact property values without benefiting the community
  • The environmental impact statement incorrectly assessed socioeconomic conditions and neighborhood character
  • The proposal will cause long-term New Yorkers to leave, changing neighborhood character
  • Low-density communities have fewer public transportation options and fewer police officers
  • The proposal benefits developers and real estate investors at the expense of current residents
  • There's no shortage of space in New York, but a shortage of affordable housing
  • The city should focus on converting underutilized existing city space into affordable housing
  • 35 out of 59 community boards oppose the proposal
  • ADUs are not acceptable for the Hollis Hills neighborhood

[EXPERIMENTAL]

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

  • Parking Mandates
  • ADU
  • Transit-Oriented Development

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.

Parking Mandates

"You should redirect your focus on converting underutilized existing city space into affordable and afford an available housing and separately address the parking mandate problems in more dense neighborhoods without just drawing the lower density neighborhoods like mine."

This quote directly mentions 'parking mandate problems', which is related to the proposal's element of removing parking mandates. The speaker suggests addressing this issue in more dense neighborhoods, implying awareness of this aspect of the proposal.

ADU

"As a member of the Hollis Hills community, I specifically wanna express that I believe our leader's best singer was given the opportunity to speak earlier in the day on behalf of Polls Hills misunderstood your question regarding ADUs and did not expressly It correctly expressed the views of the vast majority of Holly Hills residents with respect to ADUs."

This quote directly mentions ADUs (Accessory Dwelling Units) and the speaker's community's views on them, indicating that this element of the proposal is being discussed.

"These are not accept this is not an acceptable proposal for our neighborhood. They do not provide housing for extended family as seen to be suggested. That's the reason why we would want them in our neighborhood."

This quote continues the discussion on ADUs, expressing opposition to them and refuting the idea that they would provide housing for extended family, which is one of the proposed benefits of ADUs in the City of Yes plan.

Transit-Oriented Development

"There are minimal low density communities in New York, and those communities like mine have fewer reliable public transportation opportunities."

While not directly mentioning transit-oriented development, this quote discusses the relationship between low-density communities and public transportation, which is related to the transit-oriented development element of the proposal.

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.

↗ Why are there transcription and diarization errors?
Jasmine Camparitas
9:29:54
Okay.
9:29:55
Great.
9:29:56
My name is Jasmine Camp Rita I live in Hollis Hills Queens.
9:29:59
I represent myself, my family of 4, and my parents, all of whom live in Hollis Hills and Bayside Queens.
9:30:05
We are 100% opposed to the city of yes proposal.
9:30:09
This proposal will cause the wholesale destruction and elimination of our communities across the city, particularly lower density communities like mine.
9:30:18
It will replace owner occupied housing with market rate rental units.
9:30:22
It will increase density without sufficient infrastructure and it will ultimately end enforcement of illegal apartments throughout the city.
9:30:29
Implementation of the proposals will result in an unlawful taking of property by destroying the value of my property without a measurable benefit to the community, but with a measurable negative environmental impact.
9:30:40
The application of a little more housing in every neighborhood concept as envisioned by the proposals would disproportionately negatively affect our neighborhood.
9:30:49
Your April 2024 environmental impact statement incorrectly identified a number of areas as not affected, including in particular, socioeconomic conditions and neighborhood character.
9:31:00
It is incomprehensible how such a conclusion could have been reached.
9:31:04
The proposal will result in long term New Yorkers with established careers and built up equity in their homes to leave New York, which will wholeheartedly change the character of each and every neighborhood affected.
9:31:14
There are minimal low density communities in New York, and those communities like mine have fewer reliable public transportation opportunities.
9:31:22
We have fewer police officers on staff.
9:31:24
In our precincts, we have longer commutes, and we pay more property tax.
9:31:28
Despite these drawbacks, we have made our choice to and worked hard to be able to live in these neighborhoods so that we could have backyards, more open space, and quieter neighborhoods to raise our children and grow old, and socialize with our neighbors while still contributing to the economic growth of New York City.
9:31:45
You are trading our communities and the quality of our lives for what will ultimately be the benefit of developers and real estate investors and the destruction of our environment.
9:31:55
You are trading as previously noted by others, there's no shortage of space in New York.
9:32:00
There's a shortage of affordable housing, and this proposal does not address that in those areas where the shortage actually exists.
9:32:07
You should redirect your focus on converting underutilized existing city space into affordable and afford an available housing and separately address the parking mandate problems in more dense neighborhoods without just drawing the lower density neighborhoods like mine.
9:32:21
35 out of 59 community boards have expressed opposition to the proposal that cannot and should not be ignored.
9:32:28
Do not ignore the voices of the people that you serve.
9:32:31
One last note.
9:32:32
As a member of the Hollis Hills community, I specifically wanna express that I believe our leader's best singer was given the opportunity to speak earlier in the day on behalf of Polls Hills misunderstood your question regarding ADUs and did not expressly It correctly expressed the views of the vast majority of Holly Hills residents with respect to ADUs.
9:32:49
These are not accept this is not an acceptable proposal for our neighborhood.
9:32:53
They do not provide housing for extended family as seen to be suggested.
9:32:57
That's the reason why we would want them in our neighborhood.

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