City Council Hearing: Up-Zonings

From New Yorkers for a Human Scale City

• Come one, come all!  Turn out February 9th, 9:30 a.m., at City Hall itself, for the City Council hearing on the hated up-zonings. Take the day off work.  Let the City Council know, in person, with two-minute testimony, what you think. Councilmember David Greenfield will be presiding and texting the whole time to show his contempt for those who disagree with the Mayor on this.  That was his M.O. over the hearings on another bill (775 that affected the Landmarks Preservation Commission) so be prepared to watch him noodling on his cell phone while you testify.  But don’t be afraid. He is just a City Council member.  They come and go, remember, voted in and out by you, the public.  Wondering what to say to the City Council?  Try this:  we are tired of the destruction of neighborhoods, the whole process is flawed, and that we will not re-elect those who are selling out the future of New York to benefit a bunch of big real estate developers.  We want politicians who will help us fight for a build-out a human-scale city that respects our historic fabric.