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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Jason Casella on Le Dive Sidewalk Cafe Application
1:16:29
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Jason Casella, a 19-year resident of the Lower East Side, expresses support for Le Dive's sidewalk cafe application, citing its positive impact on the neighborhood. He describes the restaurant as a safe, pleasant space that fosters community gathering and provides social and economic benefits.
- Casella emphasizes that Le Dive is primarily a dining establishment, not a drinking venue, contrasting it with louder bars in Hell Square
- He mentions raising two children (ages 12 and 14) in the area, suggesting Le Dive is family-friendly
- Casella notes that friends from other neighborhoods and cities are envious of the community atmosphere created by establishments like Le Dive
Jason Casella
1:16:29
So yeah.
1:16:30
So thanks thanks for the time.
1:16:32
I just wanna say that I've I've lived in Lower East Side for nineteen years.
1:16:34
I'm raising two kids here.
1:16:35
They're 12 and 14 years old.
1:16:38
And I think Lake Dave has a has a great benefit to neighborhood, both, socially and economically.
1:16:44
You know, I find it to be a safe, pleasant space.
1:16:47
It's a gathering space where people are outside.
1:16:49
It's it's very it's mostly people eating dinner.
1:16:51
It's not people drinking.
1:16:52
It's not like the bars in the Hell Square where people are drunk and and loud.
1:16:57
It's a it's a calm, welcoming, quiet area for the most part that censors community.
1:17:03
You know, I have friends in other neighborhoods and friends from other cities who who who are jealous, to be honest, of Dinah Square and kind of the community has there.
1:17:11
So I think it'd be a disservice to neighborhoods for them to lose their tables.
1:17:18
That's it.