Proponents wonder why an environmental impact study that explores so many facets of a neighborhood—its workforce, open space, traffic, housing market and even shadows—cannot also look at racial impacts.
‘It is time to send the transit fare control apparatus off for recycling, replace it with nothing but open corridors, and ask our police to find new roles for themselves…
Some in Greenpoint are reassured by the plans put forward by the developer of the former NuHart and Company vinyl and plastics factory, but other neighbors remain wary.
‘Instead of handing billions in public subsidies to mega-corporations, New York should invest in bottom-up economic development led by and benefiting people and communities of color, immigrants, and women.’
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‘It’s an exercise in dreaming big,’ Carl Rodrigues, a senior policy adviser to Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development Alicia Glen, told attendees.
‘Despite community groups vocalizing concerns and despite quantifying large numbers of vulnerable residents, recent Environmental Impact Statements have concluded that rezonings will not displace residents at a significant level.’
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