Tuesday, March 29, 2016

CB7 wants affordable housing dedicated to its constituents


From the Queens Chronicle:

Community Board 7 voted to reject a special permit application to build an affordable housing site at 133-45 41 Ave. on Monday.

The main reason for the rejection, as was frequently mentioned at the hearing, was the proposed allocation of units. Though 50 percent has been offered to residents of the CB 7 area, where the site is located, the other half is split between constituents of CB 3 and CB 4.

The proposed structure is a nine-story, almost 27,000-square-foot mixed-use building with 232 affordable housing units and retail on the ground floor. An underground garage with 229 spaces at One Flushing would provide parking.

The lot is owned by the city, requiring the permit. The Department of Housing Preservation and Development aims to contract Monadnock Development and other partners to make it an affordable housing site that includes services for seniors.

If the city’s Mandatory Inclusionary Housing proposal is approved for the project, 25 percent of the site’s units would become permanently affordable, and it would be legally possible to make the remaining apartments market-rate.

The groups involved with the proposal —HPD, HANAC, Monadnock, and Asian Americans for Equality — gave a joint presentation about the project before the vote. The details of the One Flushing proposal were already familiar to many board members, though, as the panel’s Land Use Committee had already met several times with the city agency and its private partners.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

If the City/State pay for it you can't restrict it to CB7. What makes a CB7 resident anyway? A post office box?

Anonymous said...

What makes a CB7 resident anyway?

Ask Peter Koo - he should know all the loopholes.

Anonymous said...

Too many Asians in community board 7 area.
The mayor wants diversification with Afro's, Hispanics and Trans-genders.

Anonymous said...

Asians got every African American out of the projects in flushing
What makes you think African Americans will ever get one of those apartments
Never going to happen
Asians are too racist to Ever live with those who compete for our tax money

Anonymous said...

"its constituents" is code for asians only.

Anonymous said...

Absolutely!
The Chinese were introduced into Flushing to drive out the Blacks.
That is why everybody allows Asians to do what they want.
"Better yellow than Black" was the unspoken credo of MANY local politicians.

Anonymous said...

CB 7 is a racist club. Anything that keeps
Blacks from expanding is OK with them!
Keep Whitestone white. Then Gene Kelty is happy.

Anonymous said...

"Asians got every African American out of the projects in flushing...

Oh?
May I introduce you to The Bland Houses and Latimer Gardens.

Anonymous said...

Better yellow than Black ?
A: YES because its proven fact common sense.

When was the last time anyone heard of an Asian mugging, punching or raping an elderly woman ?

Anonymous said...

No, the Asians deal in much larger crimes like human trafficking, extortion, prostitution, illegal gambling, etc.
You do not get to see the damage done to indentured whores having to work off the cash debts for being snuggled into the country.
Maybe the ones who protest wind up sliced and diced into stir fry for you Occidentals.
Yes it was Hillman and Stavisky who once said...thanks to the Asians we do not have a south Bronx or south Jamaica,
They are RACISTS ON RECORD!
So, just let the Orientals abuse everybody and getvabused themselves as long as it is done quietly!
What's a few Asian lives compared to white one?
Hmmm...and Black lives seem to count for even less than yellow lives.

Anonymous said...

Actually there was an elderly woman murdered by a Chinese.

Anonymous said...

Excuse me, you are out of touch.
Pull your head out of your ass. The Bland Houses are filling up with poorer Chinese.
Latimer is another matter. You've got a case of brain fog.
Eventually the Chinese will drive EVERYBODY out of Flushing with their overcrowding and unsanitary habits.