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KARA demands: No development without a community benefits agreement
By
Dee Knight
Published Dec 5, 2009 9:39 AM
“This is a public project, and its development must improve the
lives of working people in the community,” said Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter, a
leader of the Kingsbridge Armory Redevelopment Alliance, on the steps of City
Hall Nov. 17. Pilgrim-Hunter spoke after a stormy hearing on a proposal for a
mall on the site of the historic Kingsbridge Armory in the northwest Bronx, New
York.
“When billionaire developers are accepting tens of millions of dollars in
tax benefits to build in our communities,” said Bronx Borough President
Rubén Díaz Jr., “it is not a radical idea to ask that the jobs
they create be good jobs.”
Stuart Appelbaum, president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store
Union, said: “Any project that creates permanent jobs that keep people in
poverty does absolutely nothing to benefit the people of this city. In fact it
causes harm.” His call to reject the Related Companies’ plans to
redevelop the Kingsbridge Armory was joined by representatives of the New York
City Central Labor Council, Service Employees Local 32BJ, the Hotel Trades
Council, the United Federation of Teachers, and the American Federation of
State, County and Municipal Employees, District Council 37.
Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert Lieber testified that the
Mayor’s office is against requiring retailers that receive government
subsidies to pay a living wage.
A vote on the development proposal, both in committee and in the full City
Council, is set for Dec. 9. KARA is mobilizing all its supporters to pressure
for a strong NO vote.
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