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PRESENTATION
Public review process and community feedback for Western Rail Yard
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The presentation highlights the extensive public review process undertaken for the Western Rail Yard project, including numerous meetings with community stakeholders before and during the formal ULURP process. The feedback received has significantly influenced the project's direction.
- Hundreds of meetings were held with community stakeholders.
- Consistent feedback from various entities emphasized the need for more housing.
- Key stakeholders providing input included Community Board 4, the borough president, the City Planning Commission, and elected officials across the city and state.
Jeff Blau
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The community and the city want and need more housing.
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We heard it from Community Board four, from the borough president, from the City Planning Commission, and from elected officials across the city and state.
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Next slide, please.
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With that feedback in mind, we have been looking for ways to significantly add to the housing in this project while acknowledging and addressing the immense cost of that platform infrastructure over the rail yards.
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We identified a path to create up to 4,000 apartments on-site, replacing the office building that we were planning for Thirtieth Street and Eleventh Avenue with two additional residential towers.