Matthew Denys from Open New York on comprehensive support for City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal
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Matthew Denys, a resident of Flatbush, Brooklyn and member of Open New York, voices strong support for the City of Yes for Housing Opportunity proposal. He emphasizes the proposal's potential to address the city's housing crisis through various zoning changes and affordable housing initiatives.
- Denys specifically endorses elements such as Town Center zoning, lifting parking mandates, and transit-oriented development
- He suggests the transit-oriented development aspect could be more ambitious, noting that historic apartment buildings in Flatbush would not be allowed under the current proposal
- Denys urges the commission to approve the proposal and continue moving in this direction to address the urgency of the housing crisis
- The city is in a deep housing crisis with high prices getting worse
- The proposal is a step in the right direction, though not enough to fix the entire housing shortage
- The proposal will allow more housing to be built, including affordable housing
- Town Center zoning will support small businesses
- Lifting parking mandates will help reduce car subsidies and traffic
- The transit-oriented development element is limited but a good start
- Current zoning restrictions prevent building apartment buildings similar to existing historic ones in Flatbush
- More ambitious building near transit is needed to meet housing demands
- The proposal should be approved to address the urgency of the housing crisis
[EXPERIMENTAL]
Which elements of City of Yes for Housing Opportunity were discussed in this testimony?
- UAP
- Town Center Zoning
- Parking Mandates
- 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.
UAP
"including much needed affordable housing via the universal affordability preference"
This quote directly mentions the Universal Affordability Preference (UAP) element of the proposal and indicates that it will help provide affordable housing.
Town Center Zoning
"Beyond simply adding homes, the proposal has other positive impacts, such as the way that Town Center is zoning, will support small businesses that provide so much to our neighborhoods."
This quote explicitly mentions Town Center zoning and its positive impact on supporting small businesses in neighborhoods, which aligns with the proposal's intent for this element.
Parking Mandates
"Lifting parking mandates will also help. Right? Because the way that it currently works with the minimums that we have that subsidizes cars and increases traffic, which we don't know we have way too much of already in a city where less than half of households even have a car."
This quote directly addresses the removal of parking mandates, discussing how current minimums subsidize cars and increase traffic, which aligns with the proposal's intent to remove these mandates.
"But for now, removing these current mandates is an obvious risk stuff."
This quote further supports the speaker's agreement with removing parking mandates, which is a key element of the City of Yes For Housing Opportunity proposal.
Transit-Oriented Development
"And moving on to transit oriented development. The element in this proposal seems very limited to me, both in terms of it doesn't apply to many lots in the areas that are near transit, and the size of the buildings is pretty small."
This quote directly mentions transit-oriented development and critiques its limitations in the current proposal, indicating that the speaker is discussing this element of the City of Yes For Housing Opportunity plan.
"Going beyond the status quo of the last century, and it makes a lot of sense to focus on around the transit systems."
This quote further emphasizes the importance of focusing development around transit systems, which is a key aspect of 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.
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When an element is explicitly stated in the testimony (e.g. "Universal Affordability Preference" or "UAP"), the analysis is accurate.
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