Sally Anthony Kelly, a homeowner in Howard Beach, Queens, expresses concerns about the City of Yes proposal's potential impact on flooding in her community. She argues that increasing buildings and Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) could exacerbate existing flooding issues by reducing green space that currently helps with water absorption.

• Highlights the need to address severe flooding issues in Howard Beach before implementing the proposal
• Calls for the installation of floodgates that were promised and approved 40 years ago
• Suggests breaking up the proposal by community board to allow local residents more say in decisions affecting their areas

• Howard Beach is in a flood area with severe flooding issues that need to be addressed before any proposal
• More buildings and ADUs will reduce green space, which helps with water reabsorption during high tides
• Increased development will lead to more flood claims, causing already high insurance prices to increase
• The city should install floodgates that were promised and approved 40 years ago
• Howard Beach is a suburban area, and residents chose to live there for that reason
• The proposal should be broken up by community board and allow for community board votes
• Residents should have a voice in decisions affecting their areas
• Request to vote no on the City of Yes proposal or exclude Community Board 10 from it

[EXPERIMENTAL]

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

• ADU

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.

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.