Boston District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edwards, who represents East Boston, Charlestown and the North End, is calling for organized community opposition to HYM Investments’ proposal for 10,000 units of housing and even more commerical space on the 166-acre Suffolk Downs property on the Boston-Revere line.

“When you look at how they envision themselves, it is to our total exclusion,” she told the Bay State Banner. “They don’t see us there – our incomes, our family sizes – none of that is in their plan.”

The development will include roughly 1,000 affordable residential units, but Edwards said residents need to demand more, calling HYM’s project “the single largest opportunity to grow the middle class in Boston.”

Edwards has been a vocal critic of luxury development in the past, and recently joined other councilors in proposing a transfer tax on high-end properties to generate more funding for affordable housing.