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Chapter 28: Response to Comments on the Draft Scope of Work and DEIS1 Chapter 28: Response to Comments on the Draft Scope of Work and DEIS1 A. INTRODUCTION This chapter summarizes and responds to all substantive comments on the Draft Scope of Work (Draft Scope) and the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Domino Sugar Rezoning Project made during the public review period. For the Draft Scope, these consist of comments spoken or submitted at the Draft Scope public meeting on July 31, 2007, as well as written comments that were accepted by the lead agency through August 10, 2007. For the DEIS, comments consist of spoken or written testimony submitted at the public hearing held by the New York City Planning Commission (CPC) on April 28, 2010. Written comments were accepted through the public comment period which ended on May 10, 2010. Written comments received on the Draft Scope and DEIS are included in Appendices J and K.1, respectively. Section B of this chapter lists the elected officials, community board and organization members, and individuals who commented at the Draft Scope public meeting or in writing. The comments are summarized and responded to in Section C. Similarly, Sections D lists those who commented at the DEIS public hearing or in writing and Section E presents a summary of the comments as well as responses to them. The organization and/or individual that commented are identified after each comment. These summaries convey the substance of the comments but do not necessarily quote the comments verbatim. Comments are organized by subject matter and generally parallel the chapter structure of the Draft Scope and the DEIS. Where more than one commenter expressed a similar view, the comments have been grouped and addressed together. Some commenters did not make specific comments related to the proposed approach or methodology for the impact assessments. Others had suggested editorial changes. Where relevant and appropriate these edits, as well as other substantive changes to the DEIS, have been incorporated into the Final Environmental Impact Statement (“FEIS”). B. LIST OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, COMMUNITY BOARD, ORGANIZATIONS, AND THE INTERESTED PUBLIC WHO COMMENTED ON THE DRAFT SCOPE OF WORK GOVERNMENT AGENCIES 1. New York City Department of Transportation, written comments from Naim Rasheed, Director, dated July 24, 2007 (NYCDOT) 1 This chapter is new to the FEIS. 28-1 Domino Sugar Rezoning ELECTED OFFICIALS 2. New York State Senator Martin Connor, oral comments delivered by Oscar Jonas, written comments dated July 31, 2007 (Connor) 3. New York State Assemblyman Vito Lopez, oral comments delivered by Elizabeth Hynes, written comments dated July 31, 2007 (Lopez) 4. Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn Borough President, written comments dated August 13, 2007 (Markowitz) 5. New York City Councilmember Diana Reyna, oral comments, written comments dated July 31, 2007 (Reyna) 6. New York City Councilmember David Yassky, written comments dated August 10, 2007 (Yassky) ORGANIZATIONS 7. Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, written comments dated July 27, 2007 (Brooklyn Greenway Initiative) 8. Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens, oral comments delivered by John Tynan and written comments dated July 31, 2007 (Catholic Charities) 9. Churches United Corporation, oral comments delivered by Matt Sollett, Paul Cogley, and Jim O’Shea and undated written comments (Churches United) 10. Citizens Housing and Planning Council, written comments dated July 31, 2007 (CHPC) 11. Community and Parents Day Care, written comments dated August 3, 2007 (Community and Parents Day Care) 12. Luis Garden Acosta, El Puente, oral comments and undated written comments (El Puente) 13. East Williamsburg Valley Development Corporation, written comments dated July 30, 2007 and oral comments delivered by Anthony Parra (EWVIDCO) 14. Greenpoint Reformed Church, written comments dated August 9, 2007 (Greenpoint Reformed Church) 15. Historic Districts Council, oral comments delivered by Simeon Bankoff (HDC) 16. HOPE Program, written comments dated August 6, 2007 (HOPE) 17. Housing Partnership Development Corporation, written comments dated July 31, 2007 and oral comments delivered by Dan Martin (HPDC) 18. Jewish Association for Services for the Aged, written comments dated August 9, 2007 (Jewish Association for Services for the Aged) 19. Local Initiatives Support Corporation, written comments dated July 31, 2007 (LISC) 20. Los Sures, written comments dated August 2, 2007 (Los Sures) 21. Los Sures “David Santiago” Senior Center, written comments dated August 9, 2007 (Los Sures “David Santiago” Senior Center) 28-2 Response to Comments on the Draft Scope of Work and DEIS 22. Metro New York Industrial Areas Foundation, oral comments delivered by Kathleen Maire and undated written comments (Metro IAF) 23. Municipal Art Society, written comments dated August 9, 2007 (MAS) 24. Neighbors Allied for Good Growth, oral comments delivered by Peter Gillespie and written comments dated July 31, 2007 (NAGG) 25. New York Community Council, written comments dated August 8, 2007 (NYCC) 26. New York Housing Conference, undated written comments (NYHC) 27. New York Industrial Retention Network, written comments dated July 31, 2007 (NYIRN) 28. Partnership for New York City, written comments dated July 31, 2007 (Partnership for New York City) 29. Regional Plan Association, oral comments delivered by Leonardo Ronderos (RPA) 30. Roebling Chapter of the Society for Industrial Archaeology, oral comments delivered by Mary Habstritt and written comments dated July 31, 2007 (Society for Industrial Archaeology) 31. St. Nicholas Preservation Corporation, written comments undated (St. Nicholas Preservation Corporation) 32. Stag Street Center for Children, written comments dated August 6, 2007 (Stag Street Center for Children) 33. Society for the Architecture of the City, oral comments delivered by Cristabel Gough and written comments dated July 31, 2007 (Society for the Architecture of the City) 34. Sustainable South Bronx, written comments dated August 10, 2007 (Sustainable South Bronx) 35. Waterfront Preservation Alliance of Greenpoint and Williamsburg, written comments dated August 9, 2007 (WPA) INDIVIDUALS 36. Pamela Angeles, undated written comments (Angeles) 37. Reverend Richard Beuther, Pastor, Church of Saints Peter and Paul, oral comments (Beuther) 38. Arthur J. Bretnall, III, CEO, Guerra Paint & Pigment Corp., written comments dated August 10, 2007 (Bretnall) 39. Rhonda Brown, oral comments and undated written comments (Brown) 40. Nancy Buivid, oral comments and written comments dated August 9, 2007 (Buivid) 41. Joseph Chan, Treasurer, Ban-N-Son’s Produce Inc., written comments dated August 10, 2007 (Chan) 42. Melissa Chan-Ng, Corporate Secretary, Big Big Produce Inc., written comments dated August 10, 2007 (Chan-Ng) 43. Frances Chapman, written comments dated August 10, 2007 (Chapman) 28-3 Domino Sugar Rezoning 44. Brandon Cole, Writers Guild of America, written comments dated August 6, 2007 (Cole) 45. Doris Deither, oral comments and written comments dated August 9, 2007 (Deither) 46. Nelson Dones, New York City resident, oral comments (Dones) 47. Anita Dunbar, oral comments (Dunbar) 48. Esteban Duran, Williamsburg resident, oral comments (Duran) 49. Stephanie Eisenberg, oral comments and written comments dated August 8, 2007 (Eisenberg) 50. Tom Fox, President, New York Water Taxi, oral comments (Fox) 51. Michael Freedman-Schnapp, oral comments and written comments dated July 31, 2007 (Freedman-Schnapp) 52. Ema Genijovich, written comments dated July 30, 2007 (Genijovich) 53. Bea Hanson, oral comments and written comments dated July 31, 2007 (Hanson) 54. Leah Kreger, undated written comments (Kreger) 55. Katharina Kruse-Ramey, undated written comments (Kruse-Ramey) 56. Reverend Stephen P. Lynch, Saint Lucy and Saint Patrick, oral comments (Lynch) 57. Jonathan Massey, Williamsburg resident, oral comments (Massey) 58. John McManus, The West Firm, written comments dated August 9, 2007 (McManus) 59. Frances Morales, written comments dated August 9, 2007 (Morales) 60. Kelvin Munoz, written comments undated (Munoz) 61. Thomas Nahrwold, Williamsburg resident, oral comments (Nahrwold) 62. Martin Needleman, Brooklyn Legal Services Corp. and Mobilization Against Displacement, oral comments (Needleman) 63. Marc Norman, Williamsburg resident, oral comments (Norman) 64. Adriana Nunez, written comments undated (Nunez) 65. Barbara Paley, Art Assets, oral comments (Paley) 66. Susan Pellegrino, Williamsburg resident, oral comments (Pellegrino) 67. Gabriella Pena, Churches United, oral comments (Pena) 68. Ellen Rand, written comments dated August 8, 2007 (Rand) 69. Antonio Reynoso, Williamsburg resident, oral comments (Reynoso) 70. Jonathan Rosario, written comments dated August 9, 2007 (Rosario) 71. Robert Solano, Saints Peter and Paul Church, oral comments (Solano) 72. Janyce Stefan-Cole, written comments dated August 6, 2007 (Stefan-Cole) 73. Maciel Tavarez (on behalf of Rose Rivera), written comments dated August 9, 2007 (Tavarez) 28-4 Response to Comments on the Draft Scope of Work and DEIS 74. Lydia Tom, Enterprise New York, written comments dated July 31, 2007 (Tom) 75. David Webster, President, Webster Consulting Group, written comments dated August 10, 2007 (Webster) 76. Mary Westring, written comments dated August 5, 2007 (Westring) C. RESPONSE TO DRAFT SCOPE OF WORK COMMENTS GENERAL/PROJECT DESCRIPTION Comment S-1: The proposed project would help to address the city’s extensive need for affordable housing and would revitalize an underused waterfront
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