I am a big believer in participatory democracy and figuring forms for working class / collective governance over political processes and decision making but “local” = a problematic shorthand for that in a society as ridiculously segregated as ours.
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Replying to @ceaweaver @bdlimm
1) the potential for racist local opposition to development is absolutely there and could be deeply problematic for sure. But two on-the-ground realities must be raised…
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2) …first, *most* recent, actual community pushbacks to rezoning plans in NYC aren’t coming from an exclusionary/racist place. They’re in opposition to MIH developments, which are always mostly luxury and offer only crumbs of affordability. They’ve been engines of displacement.
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3)…the second & most important thing is that these rezonings are almost always hatched in back rooms with developers & city agencies like CPC & EDC. Absent deep reform of these agencies, any citywide rezoning plan will and should be looked at with suspicion by average NYers.
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4) So the solution should probably be a 2-pronged approach balancing out truly public city agencies that sever ties to for-profit developers, and strong community input. Checks & balances. But including developers in planning decisions is literally a conflict of interest.
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Replying to @ArtistStudioAP @bdlimm
in good faith: #2 is objectively untrue. e.g. soho/noho: ppl honestly concerned w/ displacement aligned w ppl who are *not* to form a political coalition #3 - let's start there, then. let's talk about what we can do to rebuild trust in the public sector. i'm really into that.
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#4 - who is the community? deciding that is really messy. how are you going to decide whose voice "counts"? we need to think seriously about that and i haven't observed that anywhere. i don't see how your vision doesn't prioritize those who currently have economic power
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Replying to @ceaweaver @bdlimm
severing real estate interests from city agency planning doesn’t change who has access to power…?
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Replying to @ArtistStudioAP @bdlimm
ok this is a useful distinction! what i am arguing is that I do not agree with you that the proposal that you and bright are laying out does that. in fact i strongly believe that it (unintentionally) does the opposite - that it will cement real estate control over our city.
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Replying to @ArtistStudioAP @bdlimm
Cea Weaver Retweeted Bright D Limm 임대중
the one i initially responded to:https://twitter.com/bdlimm/status/1471910284696690697?s=20 …
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Replying to @ceaweaver
To some extent yes, but the Council could pass a process that creates more leverage for organized local input than previously. (One example: a rezoning process in which locally derived expectations come first & become app preconditions, as opposed to mere factors in negotiation.)
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