{"id":1802,"date":"2024-05-07T16:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T20:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/?p=1802"},"modified":"2024-05-07T16:11:39","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T20:11:39","slug":"agitators-invade-community-boards-coys-no-parking-mandate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/2024\/05\/07\/agitators-invade-community-boards-coys-no-parking-mandate\/","title":{"rendered":"Agitators Invade Community Boards: COY’s No Parking Mandate"},"content":{"rendered":"

No Parking! – Final Nail in the Coffin!\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Mayor Adams’ City of Yes
\nDemands for No Parking Requirements<\/h3>\n

Does anyone recall Mayor Eric Adams making the bold statements that outside agitators were influencing the Columbia\u2019s protests<\/strong>, later finding out that 99% of people arrested were in fact Columbia students?<\/p>\n

Now under Mayor Adams COY Text Amendments there are outside agitators being directed to come to Community Boards all over NYC<\/strong> to push for the City of Yes\u2019 No Parking requirements.<\/p>\n

However, not only are these (possibly paid) agitators coming, but they are carrying with them with misinformation<\/strong>, which we will address.<\/p>\n

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Cars vs. Apartments<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The media, politicians and the Department of City Planning, continues to stress that two parking spaces can be the size of\u00a0one small studio. While this may be true depending upon the size of the studio, the impression that less parking spaces will increase the number of apartments is not true. <\/strong> This is because it fails to tell you the whole truth, which is\u2026.<\/p>\n

A developer cannot<\/em> substitute parking spaces for apartments<\/em><\/u>. Parking requirements cost developers more money and thus their elimination will just add to their profit margin and not an increase in apartments within their building.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Explanation<\/u>:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

*Floor Area Ratio \u201cFAR\u201d is the formula that allows a developer to determine how many apartments he can build<\/strong>. A developer can not build more than the FAR is allowed, which is based upon the type of zoning the lot is located on.<\/p>\n

For example, a developer determines, based upon his FAR, that he can build a maximum of 100 apartments<\/strong>, and if he chooses to build the maximum he must build 40 parking spaces<\/strong>. If he no longer has to build the parking spaces, he can still<\/em> only\u00a0<\/em> build those 100 apartments!<\/strong><\/p>\n

*FAR is the livable<\/strong> portions of a building<\/em> <\/strong>which doesn\u2019t include parking spaces<\/strong>\u00a0that are located in non-livable spaces, such as below ground level, or outside of a building.<\/p>\n

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Luxury Housing Brings Additional Cars <\/strong>… Developers Currently Only Provide<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>10% to 25% Parking<\/strong><\/h3>\n

According to the City, for\u00a0every one\u00a0luxury apartment, two car<\/strong>s<\/strong> come with it. Thus, the current regulations which require from 2<\/strong>0%-\u00a050% <\/strong>(depending upon the zoning)\u00a0parking spaces for the amou<\/u>nt of apartments<\/u>, in fact doesn\u2019t account for over 75%-90% of the cars that are already coming into the community.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For Example:<\/u><\/strong><\/h5>\n

If 100 luxury apartments are planned<\/strong>, 200 cars would be anticipated. The developer may have to provide from 2<\/strong>0 to 50 parking spaces for those 200 cars, <\/strong>leaving from 150 to 170 cars coming into the community and the developer not providing parking\u00a0for them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is why any community that has\u00a0luxury developments or higher income residents come into the community\u00a0has seen a serious increase in the amount of cars<\/strong> in the community and the reduction of free\u00a0parking spaces on the streets.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please Note:<\/u><\/span>
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Developers don\u2019t provide any parking for the \u201cAffordable Categories\u201d, <\/strong>despite a lot of these categories being luxury housing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

For example, the \u201cWork Force\u201d option under Mandatory Inclusionary Housing \u201cMIH,\u201d, so called affordable,\u00a0is 130% AMI, ($141,310 to $298,870).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The City Has Already Reduced Free Parking<\/h3>\n

During the past decade New Yorkers have already seen a drastic reduction in parking spaces due to the various private\/public partnership with special interests groups and businesses.<\/p>\n

Ride Share<\/strong>s<\/strong><\/u> – Giving two parking spaces for $450 a year\u00a0to private car businesses. (It has been reported that the\u00a0slashing of\u00a0tires has returned some of these spaces back to the public)<\/p>\n

Open Streets<\/u><\/strong>– Taking away parking via “closed streets”, pushed by Transportation Alternatives, who is funded by private corporation such as Lyft.<\/p>\n

*Bike Lanes<\/u><\/strong> – Removing parking to be replaced with Bike Lanes, again supported by Transportation Alternatives.<\/p>\n

Restaurant Sheds<\/u><\/strong>– Empty restaurant\u00a0sheds all over the city, collecting dirt, rodents and garbage, supported by large business bids.<\/p>\n

City Bikes<\/u><\/strong> – Large swaths of parking spaces have been removed to accommodate City Bikes. However, the constant full bike stations in some communities clearly show that people are not biking! (Let’s not forget that
\n.08% of the population are bikers or 99.02% are not!)<\/p>\n

*Despite all of the talk about wanting to remove cars off of the streets for the health of the public (global warming)\u00a0there is currently a plan to kill off dozens of trees <\/u>to put a bike lane<\/strong> just a few feet away from Prospect Parks’ bike line. (For another post)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Moving From Free to Private Parking<\/strong><\/h4>\n

If developers are\u00a0allowed to put up thousands of apartments and not provide any parking for them<\/strong>, this will not only drastically reduce available parking on the streets, but will incentivize parking to move away from free to private parking,<\/strong> like in low to mid-town\u00a0Manhattan.<\/p>\n

Residents can expect, more of their private street parking turned into municipal parking (i.e. meters)<\/strong>, especially streets that may border heavy commercial zones; create paid private parking in those new buildings and increase parking fines, meters costs etc..<\/p>\n

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Community Boards Beware!<\/strong>
\nOutside Agitators Are Coming<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Image below: Email from “Open Plans”, (a non-profit funded by the real estate industry), directing agitators to come to a Community Board in Brooklyn.<\/em><\/p>\n

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It has been discovered that emails and letters are being sent to agitators who don\u2019t live in the community<\/strong> directing them to\u00a0come to the community board’s land use committees and demand that City of Yes Housing Amendments be supported.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not only are these\u00a0outside agitators <\/strong>directed to come to the *community boards, but they are given talking points<\/strong> (which of course they will simply repeat over and over again without any clear understanding of what they are talking about). They are also given sample letters to write<\/strong> to the Community Boards “CBs” as a template along with the CB’s\u00a0email address.<\/p>\n

*Residents found a letter from a paid organizer, from Open Plans, (real estate funded non-profit pro-development group) <\/strong>directing their \u201cmembers\u201d to come to Brooklyn Community Board 9\u2019s Land use Committee on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 at 7pm and demand that CB9 support the City of Yes, mandate to eliminate parking requirements. (See image above).<\/p>\n

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The True Goal of Mayor Adams’ COY… Increase Profits for Developers And<\/strong>
\nPrivatization of\u00a0 Essential Services<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Free parking on our streets is an essential service that the city provides to its residents<\/strong>. \u00a0However residents all around the City, are noticing how that service is being curtailed and in some cases eliminated all together (removal of parking spaces).<\/p>\n

The serious reduction in public free parking coupled with an increase in \u00a0housing production\u00a0being planned under the COY\u00a0Housing Text Amendments, parking spaces will\u00a0solely be\u00a0controlled by private interests. The\u00a0mandate for developers to provide parking\u00a0will be the nail in the coffin. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Free parking will be a dream of the past as private corporations determine who can get parking and for how much. <\/strong> In fact, one could almost foresee a time when only the very rich would be able to own or ride in a private vehicle<\/strong>, leaving the masses to depend upon business corporations to provide transportation to them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

*It\u00a0has been estimated that if the City of Yes gets it 20% increase in heights,\u00a0it will create over a million apartments at a\u00a0time when the city is losing over a 100,000 people a year.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a recap, here’s a quick MTOPP video<\/a> on why removing parking mandates will not increase housing supply, just real estate profits!<\/em><\/h6>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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