tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post3299568893926137794..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: Has MTOPP Decided To Play Ball?Clarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-42589619865870231602014-12-02T15:54:53.087-05:002014-12-02T15:54:53.087-05:00Yes. There are those of us who continue to wonder ...Yes. There are those of us who continue to wonder why they didn't go that route. But given their antics, I can pretty much guarantee it would be D.O.A.<br /><br />The word we got from the Brooklyn office of City Planning was that in order to rezone Flatbush/Ocean we'd have to get significant support from the community, and that meant going to CB9, and if DCP were going to go through the trouble of studying Flatbush they might as well take a bigger chunk, since a lot of what they'd be studying would be about the surrounding area anyway. And yes, despite what latecomers to the conversation have been saying to the contrary, a big part of the study is looking at infrastructure - schools, roads, subways etc. Then we had to discuss whether it was possible to limit the study to a contiguous area on the western edge of the district, bypassing requests from the Jewish community to upzone, and Dodgertown to downzone. <br /><br />We were making serious headway on all those issues when all hell broke loose.<br /><br />Alex, as I've mentioned elsewhere, this has nothing to do with rationality. So asking rational questions won't get to the heart of it. Eric Adams embarrassed Alicia Boyd at that meeting at the John Hus church, in front of her community, by basically telling her to back off. From that moment forward, she was on a mission. Given some of the psychological subtext that I noted in another post, it all makes a sort of sense, though I'm not going to diagnose from my armchair. Except that I just did, of course. Or rather, you need to fill in the blanks that I've left on purpose.Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-25666435279442051992014-12-02T15:36:05.774-05:002014-12-02T15:36:05.774-05:00So, theoretically, could MTOPP have requested thei...So, theoretically, could MTOPP have requested their own study without going after CB9?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792646871333738725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-86646587064639715092014-12-02T15:27:41.853-05:002014-12-02T15:27:41.853-05:00Of course. They do it all the time. Actually, anyo...Of course. They do it all the time. Actually, anyone can request a study. Alex - go for it!<br /><br />But of course, they typically turn them down because it's a dumb idea or they don't have the staff/funds. For instance - PPEN formally asked for a study last year, just of Flatbush/Ocean, and we went and met with them and they said no. That's when it became clear to me that we had to do it THEIR way, with the right language and the right general idea. Pearl nailed it with her resolution, and I did everything in my power to get it through the CB. I felt like a hero, a real Atticus Finch. But alas, it was not to be...Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-50768265301846215382014-12-02T15:18:53.449-05:002014-12-02T15:18:53.449-05:00Can City Planning conduct a study without a reques...Can City Planning conduct a study without a request from a community board? Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00792646871333738725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-18355932427540600172014-12-02T14:55:56.240-05:002014-12-02T14:55:56.240-05:00But Pam...where are all those new people on Empire...But Pam...where are all those new people on Empire going to store their extra crap? Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-23712587174021057752014-12-02T14:44:33.731-05:002014-12-02T14:44:33.731-05:00does NYC need affordable housing? of course. Is la...does NYC need affordable housing? of course. Is land near a train station optimal? 'natch. and when the current uses you are displacing are mostly fast food and storage facilities? easy. and the new market rates units will be a boon to the retailers in PLG. let's be rational.pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04680195668510366313noreply@blogger.com