On the recordNovember 2, 2023
Mr. Chair, I participated and went up to New York to see this site. There are 2,200 men in a camp right next to soccer fields, right next to ice-skating rinks. There is going to be a problem here. In fact, just a couple weeks after that, it flooded. This whole area flooded. So New York City is going to take a national park--this is the first time this has ever happened or occurred--they don't do a NEPA; they don't do full evaluations, but they are going to turn 2,200 military- aged men into this shelter. They are higher than a kite if they think that there are not going to be problems. That is what the gentlewoman wants. She wants to have the same things done at this time, at this place as any other place it would be done, such as a NEPA. This is not a good idea to do this in this area. It is going to have a harmful effect on those kids, those children that participate there. So I agree with the young lady from New York. This is a bad idea. Bad timing. Bad place. Let's follow the rules. {time} 1415





