BRONX COALITION AGAINST UPZONING STATEMENT ON MAYOR ADAMS RECKLESS RALLY FOR BRUCKNER UPZONING

 

BRONX COALITION AGAINST UP ZONING

The Bronx Coalition Against Up Zoning today released the following statement from its President John Cerini, in response to Mayor Eric Adams' reckless rally in support of Bruckner upzoning.  "Mayor Eric Adams has been bought and paid for by special interests and he is willfully ignoring the voice of our community. Our voice is loud and clear: we do not support this upzoning. When this neighborhood was majority white, it was downzoned. Now that this is a majority hispanic neighborhood that is working and middle class and safe, it is being upzoned. How is that fair and eqiuitable?  "Worse, we are being upzoned for a project that won't be transparent on how many apartments they are building and what effect it will have on infrastructure. The traffic study was conducted in 2020, during the height of COVID lockdowns and is laughable. We already have classrooms over capacity and a waitlist of students for our public schools - most of whom are Hispanic. Not to mention the fact that the developers (old white men), are problematic with a record of flipping developments and bankruptcy.  "Mayor Adams needs to rethink his support of this upzoning. It is an unjust development which will destroy a minority community. It's 2022, New York City needs to be more thoughtful and equitable in its land use policies. And most important of all, the community doesn't want this upzoning and development. WE are his constituents, NOT the developers and we WILL be heard."