To: The New York State Senate
McCarley Gardens/Fruit Belt Community Master Plan Petition
Stop all future development in the McCarley Gardens/Fruit Belt Community until the developers institute a master plan that will address the impact on the sewer system, traffic, density, and type of property, to ensure that the community doesn't become overcrowded and affect the health, safety, and livability of the residences.
Why is this important?
University At Buffalo's and the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus's 2020 plan is to systematically gentrify the McCarley Gardens and Fruit Belt neighborhood, not to mention imminent domain and land banking. The residents have no say in what happens to them. The tenants of McCarley Gardens face displacement due to UB's attempt to purchase the property from Oak Michigan Development Corp. (an arm of St. John Baptist Church). The city of Buffalo gave control of their properties to this Corporation in the Fruit Belt causing health problems and damage to properties as a result of the construction work. Also, the employees of the Campus are parking four blocks into the Fruit Belt, therefore leaving no parking space for the residents. They have four more building projects which means additional parking and construction issues.