Cynthia Tibbs objects to PAC nondisclosure agreements and exclusion of elected officials
Cynthia Tibbs says she is TA president of the West 97th Street Brownstones, part of a large PAC bundle on the Upper West Side. She says NYCHA real estate told resident leaders they must sign a nondisclosure agreement to participate in decision-making and that elected officials would be barred from future meetings.
Good afternoon.
My name is Cynthia Tibbs.
I'm the TA president of the Wissur Brownstones, 36 brownstones on the Upper West Side, which is currently being placed into the PAC program, along with 10 other developments.
We are currently the biggest bundle that NYCHA has ever done.
Last night, real estate came up here and told us leaders that unless we sign the nondisclosure agreement, we will not be a part of the decision making for our developments.
This has never been done in the previous developments when it came to decision making, but they've decided to do it now.
My elected officials accompanied the meeting with me, and they were also told that moving forward, they would not be permitted at any more meetings until after NYCHA decided who the developer would be for our meetings.
This is unacceptable.
This is not transparency.
This is not democracy.
And I understand how Eastchester Gardens may be the golden child for how PAC should run, but the majority of us don't get that privilege.
We are treated like underclass citizens.
We are not recognized.
And I am having a meeting with my residents tonight because in no way do I plan on signing a nondisclosure where it's.
says I can't talk to my residents without being in trouble.
The one thing this three-page document has a lot of on it is the word terminate, terminate, terminate.
That's unacceptable.
They said this is what NITRA will be doing moving forward with all their PAC developments.
This is not transparency.
Shame on them.
Thank you for your time.