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Discussion on additional funding needs for Streets Plan implementation
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Council Member Brooks-Powers presses Commissioner Rodriguez on the specific amount of additional funding needed to fully implement the Streets Plan. Rodriguez avoids giving a specific figure, emphasizing that funding is only one aspect of the challenge.
- Brooks-Powers repeatedly asks for a dollar amount for additional funding needs
- Rodriguez deflects, stating that funding is just one piece of the puzzle and emphasizing the importance of council support
- The Commissioner highlights New York City's achievements in bike infrastructure compared to other cities
- No specific funding amount is provided despite multiple requests from the Council Member
Selvena Brooks-Powers
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If you were able to have additional funding, how much would it require?
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Because I know you said that if it was you could do more, if you had more, what would that dollar amount look like?
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The
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Commissioner, in the interest of time, what is the dollar amount that would be
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And going back to your first statement when you said that if you had more, obviously, would be welcome.
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What does more look like?
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What is that dollar amount?
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you're at a finance hearing right now.
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Do you have a dollar?
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have Thank you,
Ydanis Rodriguez
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funding is only one of the piece.
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I think that But again, I do appreciate, you know, and all of us should be very proud of what we have built.
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Two weeks ago, I had the CEO of the larger bike tour in the globe, which is in South Africa.
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Together with the one from the third largest one in Italy and the second largest bike tour, which is New York City.
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And the person from South Africa who do the larger bike tour, say, I had never been in a city with a with a infrastructure that provides so much safety for biking.
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helpful add?
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Our to build our bike lane and bus lane is the money, It's support from the council.
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More than happy, chair, to follow with you and the chair of finance in the council.
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If there's any different number for me is like with
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No.
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I would say I'm happy with the number that we had to build a bike lane and bus lane.
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If I get more, I welcome it.
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Our challenge to build to to fulfill our goal for the street master plan.
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That by the way, it's not only bus lane and bike lane.
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The the street master plan is larger than that.
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The street master plan also establish a matrix on how we measure the investment that we do in underserved community.
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So I think that we
Merritt Birnbaum
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I mean,
Wayne Chen
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commissioner.
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Okay.