Since Bloomberg became mayor, he has been destroying communities one after another, from Harlem to Brooklyn. In the Lower East Side and Chinatown, Bloomberg's plan will...

 

BLOOMBERG'S PLAN:

• Pretends to include affordable housing, but requires families to earn $60K+ to qualify
• Grants a free pass to developers building south of Delancey Street and east of Ave D (in Lower East Side, Chinatown, and on the Bowery) while setting height restrictions to protect wealthy East Village
• Lures developers to Christie, Delancey, Ave D with height bonuses and tax breaks

WHAT WILL THE PLAN DO AND WHY IS THIS PLAN RACIST?

• Creates a wall of luxury high-rises around Chinatown and the Lower East Side, dividing both communities in half and putting one community against another
• Protects wealthy East Village from high-rises but encourages developers to buldoze poor neighborhoods, Chinatown and LES. This will raise rents and displace small businesses, working families, and people of color who rebuilt the city after 9/11

DEMAND THE CITY GOVERNMENT:

• Stop the racist plan and replace it with a plan that will include and protect the entire community; a separate rezoning plan is unacceptable and will not stop the displacement happening now
• Provide low-income housing in all new developments, not phony affordable housing