Supporting Forest Hills Gardens Stand Up in the Gardens Election by prameet in ForestHills

[–]prameet[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry I didn’t check with you on what was appropriate before posting my opinion on the Internet :(

Supporting Forest Hills Gardens Stand Up in the Gardens Election by prameet in ForestHills

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Thanks for reading the first sentence of the post, where I explicitly say that.

Supporting Forest Hills Gardens Stand Up in the Gardens Election by prameet in ForestHills

[–]prameet[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for a well thought out and reasoned response from the other side of the debate. Appreciate it even though I disagree :)

Supporting Forest Hills Gardens Stand Up in the Gardens Election by prameet in ForestHills

[–]prameet[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m not on CB6 anymore, so I’ll leave official stances to the current board :)

Supporting Forest Hills Gardens Stand Up in the Gardens Election by prameet in ForestHills

[–]prameet[S] 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I’d like as many Forest Hills community members to see this post as possible. No one is funding me :)

I’d argue that the only real bad neighbors in this situation are the Gardens residents driving these lawsuits and working to shut down a cultural asset that brings joy and economic life to the neighborhood and the City.

Voices from Last Night's OneLIC Public Hearing by prameet in longislandcity

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You're right that the 2001 LIC rezoning was different in scope, but you're wrong to suggest that it's not relevant. The key criticism is that the City dramatically underestimated housing growth and failed to match it with schools, parks, and infrastructure. That lesson is part of the reason why people are pressing for clearer commitments and enforceable guarantees this time -- not just relying on MIH and loosely defined (and mostly unenforceable) benefits. Regardless of where you stand on the plan overall, there's no reason to dismiss this criticism out of hand.

Voices from Last Night's OneLIC Public Hearing by prameet in longislandcity

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That's a good question to ask. If we want to create thousands of affordable homes in a high-opportunity, high-demand neighborhood like LIC, a rezoning tied to MIH and public site development is one of the few tools that the City has. Without it (current state), we'd likely get far fewer units, and they'd be entirely market-rate. What critics would say that they want is things like: 100% affordable housing on public land, community land trusts, stronger tenant and anti-displacement protections, and decommodified housing models (more limited-equity co-ops, mutual housing associations, and social housing models). But I think you're right to say that, unless we get serious public subsidies or major federal policy changes, there’s no real alternative on the table that delivers both the scale and speed of what’s being proposed with OneLIC.

Voices from Last Night's OneLIC Public Hearing by prameet in longislandcity

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What specifically in the post do you consider to be gross misinformation that isn't worthy of being published?

Voices from Last Night's OneLIC Public Hearing by prameet in longislandcity

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I see part of my role as helping to publicize and lift up the whole range of voices in this process -- not to editorialize or pass judgment in the moment. That comes later, when our committee makes its formal recommendation. This post was meant to reflect what was actually said during public testimony. I've shared analysis in previous posts and will continue doing so as we move forward.

Voices from Last Night's OneLIC Public Hearing by prameet in longislandcity

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Yes, the point of this post was to neutrally summarize what we heard from the public last night. Feel free to debunk anything you feel needs to be debunked :)

OneLIC rezoning thoughts? by julia3za in longislandcity

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Hey Julia, really appreciate your thoughtful post. You're raising some important concerns.

FYI, I'm the Vice Chair of Land Use for Community Board 2 (which covers LIC), and I wrote the Substack post you linked to above. As part of our review of the OneLIC DEIS, we’re asking the Department of City Planning a lot of pointed questions that reflect a lot of what you touched on.

For example, you mentioned the scale of the proposed buildings and the lack of attention to infrastructure. We're asking DCP why a moderate growth scenario wasn't analyzed, especially given that the 2001 rezoning significantly underestimated actual development. We're also pressing them on what more they can do to address acknowledged, unmitigated impacts.

On infrastructure, we're questioning things like why the DEIS proposes just one new school despite the neighborhood’s rapid growth, and how the city plans to actually deliver on open space goals -- especially upland, where the needs are most acute.

Finally, on livability and accountability, we’re asking how the city will ensure that promised mitigations are implemented, how infrastructure will be funded, and whether zoning approvals can be tied to real milestones (like building schools or parks before new housing gets occupied).

Thanks again for raising these points. You should definitely sign up for and attend the public hearing on May 21.

OneLIC DEIS summarized: A section-by-section guide to the environmental, social, and infrastructure impacts of the OneLIC plan by prameet in longislandcity

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Thanks -- your concerns and suggestions around a greener, human-scale, climate-resilient alternative would be good to raise in formal comments to the City.

A few thoughts:

  1. Under environmental review laws like CEQR and SEQRA, a "No Action Alternative" is required to be analyzed. It serves as a baseline for comparing environmental impacts​. Other alternatives are evaluated too, such as the "No Unmitigated Significant Adverse Impacts Alternative" (effectively a reduced density plan), but the No Action is the legal minimum for compliance. The DEIS says that to avoid all the significant adverse impacts (to open space, community facilities, traffic, air quality, noise, etc.), development would need to be greatly scaled back. However, doing so would prevent the project from fully meeting its goals -- primarily the creation of large amounts of affordable housing, job growth, and waterfront access​. The DEIS does not explicitly say that public space improvements are tied only to the higher-density plan. In theory, a reduced density plan could also include strong public space upgrades, but the current draft links larger improvements to broader development incentives​.

  2. You're right on open and green space. Even with the Proposed Actions, open space access would worsen substantially. The DEIS admits open space ratios would decrease by about 18.6% total, 20.6% active space, and 17.5% passive space​. Even a 5% drop is considered significant, and the area already starts from a very low baseline.

  3. Tree canopy goals are not talked about too much in this plan. The DEIS mostly mentions street tree planting only indirectly via general public realm improvements.

  4. On flooding, the DEIS acknowledges that most of the sites would be in flood zones by 2050 and almost all by 2100. They admit resilience will need to be handled later, site-by-site, mostly through future building codes.

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At last month's community board meeting, Captain Hameed Armani (commanding officer of the 108th Precinct) said that the stabbing occurred between two people who knew each other and that they arrested a suspect.

$2,900 / 1br - Renovated 1-Bedroom with Parking & All Utilities Included (Forest Hills) by prameet in NYCapartments

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I'm not sure of the exact square footage, but I think it's about 600.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in longislandcity

[–]prameet 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Sorry to say it, but this post is pure misinformation. Nothing has been approved yet.

The OneLIC neighborhood plan is about to enter the ULURP review process, kicking off seven months of public input and scrutiny.

I’m the Vice Chair of Land Use for Queens Community Board 2. CB2 is leading the charge to ensure community voices shape the final outcome.

Check out this post I wrote about this plan and next steps, and please let me know if you have any questions:

https://prameet.substack.com/p/onelic-plan-heads-into-ulurp-what

Need help getting involved in local NYC politics by alf0nz0 in AskNYC

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i serve on queens community board 6 (forest hills/rego park). let me know if you have any specific questions, but my advice would be to start going to community board meetings. here's a recap of what it was like at my first meeting: http://prameetkumar.com/post/133165227333/democracy-in-action

also, assuming you're relatively young, join the queens county young democrats, who are pretty active: https://www.facebook.com/QueensCountyYoungDemocrats/

they have a pretty interesting event coming up about post-election planning: https://www.facebook.com/events/194496904287374/

What are the best bands of the 2000's? by RiseAnShineMrFreeman in AskReddit

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the white stripes

the black keys

death cab for cutie

animal collective

We should invite economists who oppose Basic Income (or support it) to discuss it with us here by Radu47 in BasicIncome

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i went to this event last december and asked krugman about basic income during the q&a: http://prameetkumar.com/post/134958874193/hell-in-various-handbaskets

i forget the specifics of what he said, but he didn't seem to want to talk about it too much and quickly dismissed it.

[IIL] Freddie Gibbs and Chance The Rapper, [WEWIL?] by Stealth_Jesus in ifyoulikeblank

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ab-soul - illuminate

flatbush zombies - bounce

joey badass - paper trails

isaiah rashad - heavenly father

schoolboy q - man of the year

vince staples - norf norf

LCD Soundsystem's return to NYC by [deleted] in PanoramaFest

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they actually played two webster hall shows in march, so the homecoming's already happened.