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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Resident of Brooklyn Community District 2 on Daylighting and Intro 1138
4:42:15
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A Brooklyn resident testifies in support of Intro 1138, which would require universal daylighting at every intersection in New York City. The speaker criticizes the Department of Transportation's study on daylighting and emphasizes the importance of street safety for affordability and overall quality of life.
- The speaker argues that the DOT's study on daylighting is flawed and politically motivated.
- They highlight the connection between street safety and affordability, stating that "a safer city is a more affordable city."
- The testimony urges the City Council to pass Intro 1138, framing it as a "generational investment" in New Yorkers' safety.
UNKNOWN
4:42:15
Hello.
4:42:17
I'm a resident of Brooklyn Community District 2 and a lifelong New Yorker.
4:42:21
I believe daylighting should be the law of the land at every corner in New York City, and I support intro 11:38.
4:42:27
Our city streets continue to be dangerous despite decades of the Department of Transportation's insistence that their engineering expertise can keep us safe.
4:42:36
They published a flawed study and tried to convince us that it should be the final word on daylighting.
4:42:40
The boldest claim of all was that improved visibility at intersections would lead to more injuries, a statement so outrageous that it gives away their whole game.
4:42:49
Their mandate is to forward the mayor's political agenda to preserve parking at all costs.
4:42:55
You, the council, have the opportunity to correct that policy.
4:42:59
You are the only ones empowered with the ability to do so, and lives are on the line.
4:43:04
Please do not take that responsibility lightly.
4:43:07
This council has championed affordability, and I commend you for that.
4:43:11
So consider whether the lack of safety on our streets has any impact on climbing medical bills and car insurance rates.
4:43:18
A safer city is a more affordable city.
4:43:21
We must think holistically about the system that we all live in and abandon the cognitive dissonance that the automobile industry spends so much money to engender.
Bahij Chancey
4:43:31
It's good.
UNKNOWN
4:43:32
Their lobbyists do not care about our safety nor our pocketbooks.
4:43:37
Our fellow New Yorkers deserve the generational investment that this legislation will deliver.
4:43:43
I urge city council to pass intro eleven thirty eight.
4:43:46
Thank you for your time.