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Dissenter Raises Voice in Opposition to City Council's Decision on Kingsbridge Armory

  COMMUNITY BENEFIT AGREEMENTS (CBAS)     KINGSBRIDGE ARMORY  
  BRONX COMMUNITY DISTRICT 07  
December 20, 2009
New York Post

City Councilwoman Helen Sears (D), raised her voice in opposition ot the City Council's defeat of the Kingsbridge Armory development project. Sears, who was the lone dissenter in the 45-1 vote, argued that the development project, despite lacking a living wage requirement, would have still brought money and new jobs into the Bronx. Other unemployed residents in the Bronx argued that they would have willingly taken the minimum wage jobs.