[BwayDems] Mayor Michael Bloomberg: Stop the plan to build luxury towers in Douglass Houses

[Paula Diamond Roman]

>From Save Douglass Houses


The New York City 
Housing Authority (NYCHA) has announced plans to building luxury 
apartment towers at eight public housing developments in Manhattan, 
including Douglass Houses. Such a plan would deprive Douglass residents 
of open space, greenery, light, and air. It would add further congestion to already overcrowded streets, bus lines, and subways in the 
neighborhood.

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Income earned from the leasing of this open space would not be 
re-invested back into Douglass Houses, but rather would be used to cover general NYCHA expenses. Only 20% of the units in the proposed towers 
would be set aside as affordable, and even these would mostly be out of 
reach of families with the lowest incomes.

The money earned from this plan could easily be recouped by less 
damaging means. The City could simply stop charging NYCHA for policing 
(an expense it does not put on private buildings), and for “payments in 
lieu of taxes” (which non-profit housing developers are not required to 
pay).

We demand the following from Mayor Bloomberg: 

	* Halt the rush to push through irrevocable contracts for this development plan before the next mayor takes office in 2014; 
	* Immediately make public the RFPs which will be sent to developers, and 
	* Make the residents of Douglass Houses full partners in any planning for future use of land in their development, with ample opportunity for 
them to provide input and have their opinions heard and respected by 
NYCHA.
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new supporter is another person who will spread the word, get their 
friends to sign, and bring the campaign closer to victory. 

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