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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Dr. Julie Hatterer, Retired Psychiatrist and High Line Volunteer
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Dr. Julie Hatterer, a retired psychiatrist and High Line volunteer, expressed concerns about the proposed zoning changes and their potential impact on the High Line and community mental health. She emphasized the global popularity of the High Line and questioned the timing and motivations behind Related Companies' current development plans.
- Criticized the delay in development since 2009 and the sudden push for changes due to potential casino financing
- Highlighted the mental health benefits of green spaces, light, and open areas, contrasting them with the negative impacts of tall buildings and casinos
- Urged council members to listen to community concerns and resist corporate influence on urban development
Dr. Julie Hatterer
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Oh, sorry.
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Julie Hatterer.
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Doctor Julie Hatterer.
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Okay.
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Anyway, so thank you for taking for letting me talk at the end of all this.
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But, anyway, I've lived in my current location on 20
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Tenth for the past eight years.
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I'm a retired psychiatrist and recently have been volunteering as a horticulture partner, a volunteer gardener on the High Line, which I've been involved with since its inception.
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I love the High Line.
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And you know who else loves the High Line?
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As we've already said, everyone.
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Everyone in the world loves the High Line.
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I was in London and I was in Washington DC this weekend.
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And when I say work on the High Line, they say, oh, that's so cool.
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I love the High Line.
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So that gets me to the question is why you would vote on a zoning proposal that will take away the beauty and character of the High Line.
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This is the third or fourth meeting I've been at, and I've spoken at usually at the end.
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I'm not a zoning expert, but I do know about mental health.
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And before I talk about that, I just wanna say to all these people, I support unions.
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I support development.
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But just think, if Related had done what they promised to do in 02/2009, how many businesses would have been created?
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How much construction work would have been done?
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So this, you know, last minute because they finally got the financing, think they'll get the financing from when.
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That's the reason they're doing this now.
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Not I mean, they've had sixteen years to, you know, make jobs, build, you know, construction, and they haven't done it.
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But now they think they can with the casino.
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Anyway, I'm a psychiatrist.
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I can talk about mental health.
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What's good for mental health?
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Green, light, air, open spaces, community spirit.
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What's bad for mental health?
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Darkness, tall buildings, encroaching spaces, wind tunnels, and more importantly, casinos and gambling near schools, which is crazy.
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Finally, the feel what's very important to the community is the feeling that we are heard by our council people.
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We are fighting throughout this country large developments and corporations which are taking over the will of the people.
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And I you know, this is how long are we gonna keep doing this?
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Okay.
Kevin Riley
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Thank you.
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You can begin.
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Third And
Andrew Rosen
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The community testimony.
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Time has expired.