Public testimony: Keith Suber, Coney Island resident, supports project

Good morning.

Good morning.

How are you two on today?

We're great.

How are you?

I'm okay.

Great.

You may begin your testimony, Keith.

Yes, good morning.

My name is Keith Suber.

I'm a longtime resident of Coney Island.

I happen to definitely know that the neighborhood itself,

is a place that people really do need help.

And that particular property, Ocean Towers on West 24th Street, they're looking to do the new building on 25th.

I know that since the new management took over in 2013, they invested about $20 million to get everything up and running.

They're trying.

The main thing about the property itself, the new that we're talking to develop on, it's been dormant for so many years.

It's crime infested.

It's dark there.

There's so much going on where it needs some sort of development.

I think this development would work well.

For the community.

I've been active with so many different things in the community as far as stopping the violence and jobs, getting people jobs, and I think this would be very, very much helpful.

I happen to know Ms.

Sheila Boyd very personally.

friend of mine, mother.

She was the president and she was looking forward to this development.

Unfortunately, she's not here with us.

So I would like to just, you know, live on and speak on behalf of individuals that we're looking to see that neighborhood, that particular spot has been dormant for years.

For years and we need something to be developed there.

So I'm grateful for the developers and we're gonna, we wanna hold them to their words and make sure that they say that they do what they say they're gonna do.

You know, the green space has been closed since the early 90s.

So that the developers proposing for the existing

residential building that's there and to do things for the new building.

Time expired.

Thank you.

Thank you for your testimony, Keith.

Is Quran Banks online?

Yep, I'm here.

Koran Banks, you there?