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Throgs Neck residents gathered Saturday outside of
Councilwoman Marjorie Velazquez’s Bronx office to protest the Bruckner Rezoning
Plan, which was passed this week.

The plan will allow an eight-story building to
be built on top of a local supermarket. The building will provide 349
affordable housing units.

Protest attendees have concerns that the building will raise
the density of the neighborhood.

Councilwoman Velazquez released a statement saying the
project would bring housing and job benefits to the community.&nbsp;

The New York City Council will vote on the plan on Oct. 12. 

Throgs Neck residents gathered Saturday outside of Councilwoman Marjorie Velazquez’s Bronx office to protest the Bruckner Rezoning Plan, which was passed this week.

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Just Alex Kama. Fun fact, like you said, it's 10 degrees warmer today. Look at that. Yeah, it's so much nicer out there. We deserve this guys after two days of really feeling like January, we're back to feeling like November on the last day of the month. It's definitely not as cold this afternoon, but you do need the jacket this morning. I'll show you the temperatures in a bit. Showers arrive for Friday evening. So most of the day Friday dry, but it will be cloudy. The weekend looks really mild, temperature wise, but it is overcast the whole day. So waking up, you're in the thirties, it feels like twenties. But by 910 in the morning, we're all in the forties and then we move into the upper forties with lots of sunshine. The sunset is at 429. So we are going to absorb every moment of sun today, especially since we have a long stretch of cloud cover coming our direct starting tomorrow. So again, highs could hit 50 in a few spots. Most of us are just shy of it tonight. We drop into the upper thirties and low forties. So that's an improvement. You see Mott Haven at 38 for your Friday morning low and then you are 49 in frogs neck on Friday. So again, it looks like a mild day. But the difference on Friday is that it is mostly cloudy and we do have a few dry sprinkles. So here's the picture. You see most of Friday dry, but then four o'clock, a couple of these showers start to creep in by six o'clock. They push over our area. So it's kind of just sprinkling. It's not a huge impact, but you might need the umbrella Saturday dry, especially to start, but the clouds will be pretty thick. Temperatures are gonna be in the fifties just about all day and we're going to watch for that quick little stray shower chance Saturday evening. So here's how the weekend is shaping up. Definitely Saturday is the better chance for dry weather. Sunday looks more overcast with a better chance of rain in the evening, but both days will have their dry time and we're in the fifties. So it's hard to complain, especially for a first weekend in December, which is historically one of our coolest months out of the year. But this is not a bad forecast. All of these temperatures much milder than what we dealt with yesterday.

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Protesters denounce Bruckner Rezoning Plan before full City Council vote  

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take it while it lasts well, days after the bruckner proposal gained unanimous support in the city council subcommittee meeting throgs like residents are rallying outside Councilwoman, marjorie velazquez office to stop the plans from moving forward. You can just see how many people are there right now on news 12 sicilia has this story from throgs neck Phil I'm outside of Councilwoman marjorie velazquez office where a big crowd of Bronx sites have gathered here to voice their opposition against the bruckner rezoning plans. The bruckner rezoning proposal has been a controversial topic in the community for some time now, the project plans to build an eight story building on top of the super fruit town in throgs Neck which will provide 349 affordable housing units. However, throgs neck residents were outraged over the unanimous city council vote with concern is that the building will raise the density of their neighborhood. Councilwoman velazquez released a statement saying this project would bring housing and job benefits to the community. The crowd here says they feel betrayed by the council woman, who they say is taking sides with developers and needs to be voted out of this district. Come to an end, it's time for the people to have a voice. Now our areas have gone undergone organic change and there is a blend of all different races, colors, cultures and religions and it's been organic, so it's stable and you know what, what we'd like to see from developers is to create some home ownership with some property ownership instead of just housing rentals. This project still needs to go in front of the entire City Council to be voted on next week. If it moves forward, protesters here tell me they want to take legal actions in throgs neck Cecilia News 12 hot button issue.

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