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Opinion: In Bushwick Rezoning, City Should Implement Community’s Own Plan

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  • Frank
    Posted August 19, 2019 at 11:09 pm

    I didn’t take part in the BCP. Neither did many of my neighbors. Our voices would not have been respected. One of the core assets we have in America is freedom of mobility. I can live where I want, as long as I can afford the housing market and get a job to support my lifestyle. It doesn’t matter what color I am or what my ethnicity is. And no one can stop me. Not if I’m brown or white or polka dotted. There is a narrative of “displacement” which is antithetical to reality. Neighborhoods change, markets change. People move around based on jobs, weather, lifestyle changes…. and rising rents or lowering qualities of life (Bushwick in the 1980s saw the long time Italian and German residents depart). The narrative that the current majority population somehow deserves more because they have been there longer is appallingly arrogant. Are they Native American? We demand the DCP strike a balance and factor in all the voices of the community – not just the BCP.

    • Marie
      Posted August 20, 2019 at 11:13 am

      Amen. I have lived in Bushwick for the last 4 years and never heard anything about this plan. Saying we all had a hand in shaping it is ridiculous. Also saying that local officials had no say is counter to this opinion piece written by two elected officials. I want my neighborhood to get better. I want the streets to not be littered with trash. Maybe these two can focus on that? Seems an easier problem to tackle.

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