Adams Concerned About Kosciuszko Bridge Implosion
Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams today will join concerned residents of Greenpoint, including members of the Greenpoint Waterfront Association for Parks and Planning (GWAPP), Newtown Creek Alliance, and Organizations United for Trash Reduction & Garbage Equity (OUTRAGE), to sound the alarm on the feared environmental and public health harm that may result from the State’s planned implosion of the Kosciuszko Bridge.
The community, which has some of the poorest air quality and highest pollution levels citywide due to decades of toxic damage, first learned of the intent to blow up the old span through media reports earlier this week.
Adams and local advocates will urge the State to put safety first and proceed with a bridge replacement plan with the least environmental impact.
An event to sound the alarm on issue is slated for 11:30 a.m., today, Feb. 24 on the corner of Meeker Avenue and Stewart Street in Greenpoint.
Richardson Gives Tenant Counseling, Discusses Bedford Armory
Assemblywoman Diana Richardson (D-Crown Heights, Lefferts Gardens) today is partnering with the Crown Heights Tenants Unio
“It is imperative that families who are looking to start a tenants association, struggling with rent, facing landlord issues, or in need of repairs like heat or hot water to take advantage of the opportunity to assist individuals with issues first hand. Also, if you are in housing court, inundated with legal documents or lease materials that require demystification, representatives will be on site to help guide you through this process,” said Richardson in her newsletter.
The housing assistance is being offered from 2-5 p.m., today, Feb. 24. In order to schedule an appointment with a housing counselor, call Richardson’s office at 718-771-3105.
Then tomorrow, Richardson will hold a special ‘Civic Minded’ meeting to give residents the opportunity to gain more insight, find meaningful action and procure resolutions to address the future of the Bedford-Union Armory, which is at the center of discussion for mixed-use and delve deeper into the impact of the 421 A subsidy for developers being discussed in Albany.
The meeting is slated for between 12 noon and 2 p.m., at 400 Empire Boulevard on the Crown Heights/Lefferts Gardens border.
Malliotakis Praises, Criticizes Planned Citywide Ferry Service
Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis (R- Bay Ridge, Staten Island) yesterday praised and criticized the recently announced Citywide Ferry Service, which is slated to begin next year with five routes including one that starts in Bay Ridge and concludes on Wall Street in Lower Manhattan.
“New York is a city of waterways, and it makes absolute sense to take advantage of this unique attribute as we continue looking for quicker, more efficient ways to facilitate the movement of people among the boroughs. The Citywide Ferry system is a bold and visionary approach to making our city more interconnected. My constituents in Bay Ridge face one of the most arduous daily commutes in the country, so I’m extremely pleased that ferry service will now make its return to the community. It was a primary means for travel to and from Manhattan in the 1980s and 1990s, and is most welcome to alleviate crowded subway and express buses with lengthy commute times,” said Malliotakis.
“It is, however, equally disappointing, and unacceptable, that the people of Staten Island are being left out of this new ‘citywide’ ferry system. While the most famous ferry in the world is the Staten Island Ferry, it is a far distance from communities on the opposite shores of Staten Island and, following Hurricane Sandy, a temporary ferry service from Great Kills was added much to the delight of commuters. A true ‘citywide’ ferry should include all five boroughs and an additional ferry for Staten Islanders, which would be vital to reducing unreasonably long commute times from some of the most transportation-starved communities in our city.”
Details on the Citywide Ferry System can be viewed at http://www.citywideferry.
Hikind, Members Of Jewish & Muslim Community United Against Hate
Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Boro Park) will meet on the Kensington/Boro Park border with members of and leaders from the area’s large Orthodox Jewish and Muslim population to take a stand hate – including the rise of both anti-Semitism and Muslim xenophobia hate crimes.
The meeting will take place on a corner where there is one synagogue couched by two Mosques.
The event is slated for 1 p.m., today Feb. 24 on the corner of McDonald Avenue & Avenue C on the Kensington/Boro Park border.
Lander’s Next #GetOrganizedBK Meeting
City Councilman Brad Lander (Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington) announced the next #GetOrganizedBK Community Town Hall meeting is slated for Monday.
The series of ongoing meetings among the more progressive wing of the Democratic Party are similar to meetings organized by the extreme Republicans that formed the Tea Party after former President Barack Obama was first elected.
“What we doing here in Brooklyn is indeed part of something much bigger — something that is truly starting to look like a movement. We’ve seen that this week, with Town Halls in every corner of the country, demanding resistance to the continued policies of injustice, bigotry, and corruption coming from the White House,” said Lander in an email.
The meeting is slated to start at 6:15 p.m., Monday Feb. 27 at Congregation Beth Elohim (8th Avenue & Garfield Place) in Park Slope. RSVP here.
