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Author Archives: Laura T
Demand Our Waterfront Parks! Rally and Hearing June 14th @ City Hall
Please Join Council Member Stephen Levin for a Rally to DEMAND the Waterfront Parks that this community was promised.
When: Thursday June 14th
Rally at Noon: City Hall Steps
Hearing at 1pm: 250 Broadway, 16th Floor
As part of the 2005 Greenpoint/ Williamsburg Waterfront Rezoning, Mayor Bloomberg promised the community over 30 acres of waterfront parkland, including Bushwick [...]
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Where’s Our Park Makes Noise at City Council Hearing on Parks Funding
The Where’s Our Park movement asked tough questions about promises made and yet to materialize at a City Council Hearing on Parks Capital Spending. Read all about it in this article in the Greenpoint Gazette.
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More bait and switch on our waterfront?
Read about what’s going on with the Domino Development in this article from L magazine… looks like they are defaulting on their loan and looking to unload the 11 acre site despite all the concessions made by the community.
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City Council Public Hearing on Parks This Thursday 3/22
Our promised parkland on the North Brooklyn waterfront has never been in more danger. In January, the mayor unveiled his budget plan for coming fiscal year. Unlike last year – when deep cuts were administered across the board – this year’s budget was remarkably robust. In fact, Mayor Bloomberg proposed $700 million [...]
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GOT IDEAS ON HOW TO MAKE GREENPOINT GREENER?
Remember that oil spill? And the settlement we won last year from ExxonMobil for $19.5 MILLION?
NOW HELP GREENPOINT DECIDE HOW TO SPEND IT!
March 21st at the Warsaw – 261 Driggs Avenue – 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
One GREAT IDEA – buy the land around Bushwick Inlet (currently owned by Motiva).
(for further info contact Laura [...]
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Announcing 50 Kent Design Competition for Summer 2012
Open Space Alliance Presents is sponsoring a design competition for the new Summer Concert Series space and Pop-Up Park at 50 Kent (future home of additional acreage for Bushwick Inlet Park). Check it out on the OSA website @ www.osanb.org/50kent/index.html
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City gives our electeds the brush off
The City is giving our elected officials the brush off in response to their call for action on Bushwick Inlet Park. In a letter penned by Parks Commish Adrian Benepe he tells State Assemblyman Joe Lentol, State Senator Dan Squadron and City Councilman Steve Levin that there is no money to make good on [...]
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GROW BUSHWICK INLET PARK!
Join Fellow North Brooklyn Parks Lovers at the OSA Public Parks Forum and make some noise in support of our 28 acre waterfront park. Let the Bloomberg Administration know its NOT OK to reneg on their promise to this community!
AUGUST 17, 2011 AT 7:00 PM
POLISH AND SLAVIC CENTER
176 JAVA STREET BETWEENN MCGUINESS BLVD & [...]
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