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Felder raises parking concerns for for-profit facility

New York City Council · Sep 23, 2026 · starts 0:25:43 · 1 min 32 sec

Felder argues 28 parking spaces are insufficient, especially if the facility becomes for-profit or includes rehabilitation use. He dismisses bicycle parking as irrelevant for nursing home residents.

Simcha Felder

The parking issue...

Simcha Felder

You know, originally when they presented the parking issue, when it was supposed to be a non-for-profit, the argument was that since most of the people will be from the neighborhood and they're going to come by bicycle,

Simcha Felder

they knew that they're going to come by bicycle somehow.

Simcha Felder

So they don't need more than that amount of, yeah.

Simcha Felder

So I don't know.

Simcha Felder

I mean, first of all, I never bought that argument.

Simcha Felder

If you go down the neighborhood, you know, that is,

Simcha Felder

Neighborhood, that's the families, I'll just say, the families that live in the neighborhood, you know, don't have one car, you know.

Simcha Felder

And the cars that they have, thank God, are nice cars, you know, many of them.

Simcha Felder

They may be coming by bike, and the bike is on top of the roof of the car, but they're coming by car.

Simcha Felder

So now that it's clear at this point, at a minimum, that it's a regular for-profit,

Simcha Felder

The 28th, you said, I don't remember, parking spaces is clearly not enough.

Simcha Felder

I mean, I don't see how that could possibly be enough.