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Council member presses for timeline on Arverne East project funding and completion
1:31:27
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Council Member Brooks-Powers emphasizes the urgency of completing the Arverne East project this year, citing the housing shortage and the risk of losing community spaces.
- Project has been in pipeline for over four years
- Council member and borough president have contributed over $3 million to its affordability
- Concern about lack of transparency and moving goalposts from HPD
- Commissioner acknowledges the project's importance and promises to work on a solution
- Discussion highlights the challenge of balancing multiple important projects with limited funds
Selvena N. Brooks-Powers
1:31:27
Well we need to, and I'm sorry Chair, we need to get this done this year especially if HPD is saying that there's a shortage of housing, we need housing.
1:31:37
This project has been in the pipeline from before I was elected over four years ago and myself and the borough president have contributed over $3,000,000 to its affordability, but the goalpost keeps getting moved by HPD with a lack of real transparency there and so it is important that they get to close before the end of the year because then now you're talking about not only not building housing that's much needed, but the community spaces that have come as a result will then be closed.
Ahmed Tigani
1:32:12
We don't want to see that happen.
1:32:15
We want to be able to figure out a solution for them.
1:32:18
We want to be able to execute fairly across a number of projects that have really important community facility space, delivering hundreds of use, 1,600 units of housing, so it's an important project.
1:32:29
We are trying to be as creative and efficient with the funds that we have.
1:32:33
But we will continue working hard to figure out what we can do for Auburn East.
Justin Brannan
1:32:38
We need to move on.
1:32:39
Thank you.
1:32:39
We've to keep it tight now because we're behind.