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In 2013 a new
ownership came together

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to invest in Industry City,

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a massive, privately
owned industrial complex

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on the Brooklyn waterfront.

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- When you come here,
it's like, gee, there's

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this hum in the air.

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There's something going on here.

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They're transforming
the neighborhood.

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- We're looking to create
a zoning text amendment

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to establish the special

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Sunset Park
innovation district.

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- There are three
and a half million square feet

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for the "innovation economy."

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What does this mean?

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- My landlord,
she's 90 years old.

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God forbid, if she were to
pass and they sell the house.

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Where is my
family going to go?

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- These developers,
they're preventing

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the largest
significant maritime

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industrial area in New York City

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from building
for a climate future.

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Timeline.

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We have a date.

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And we're ready to move forward.

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I'm asking you to
help them understand

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why it makes sense to move.