Marty Axes CB6 Members Who Opposed AY Project
In a move likely to cloud his legacy as the Brooklyn’s biggest professional cheerleader, Borough President Marty Markowitz purged Community Board 6 yesterday of nine members, apparently as retribution for having voted against the proposed plan for the Atlantic Yards project back in September 2006. I’m rather disappointed. I think that it could have been…
In a move likely to cloud his legacy as the Brooklyn’s biggest professional cheerleader, Borough President Marty Markowitz purged Community Board 6 yesterday of nine members, apparently as retribution for having voted against the proposed plan for the Atlantic Yards project back in September 2006. I’m rather disappointed. I think that it could have been handled better and I think that I will continue to work for my community and the greater good of the community through the Community Board, Jerry Armer, who had served on CB6 for more than two decades, told the NY Observer. What we were doing was giving the community a voice and reflecting the community. Today on the Atlantic Yard Report, Norman Oder notes that Armer and other dismissed members purposefully did not align themselves with the most vocal opponents of the project. Instead, Oder notes, he “participated in numerous meetings of the Brooklyn Borough Board Atlantic Yards Committee, cordially raising some worthy questions…He spoke courteously, even ponderously, in testimony to the Empire State Development Corporation.” What an embarrassment.
Project’s Foes Shown Door in Brooklyn [NY Times]
Markowitz Purges Community Board 6 [NY Observer]
The Ironies of the CB 6 Purge [AY Report]
Arena Foes Slam Dunked [NY Post]
CB6 Letter, 9/29/06 [DDDB]
So you make fun of dyslexics? Do you make fun of poor people too? But seriously, Is that your whole argument? Is that the best you can do? Seriously? Nothing?
“I truly pity the poor folks that sunk their savings into homes near this debacle. We’ll all suffer from increased congestion, pollution and noise, but owning a house near this is going to be hard on a lot of people.”
I agree. FG, CH, PH and PS are doomed. We allowed Marty, Ratner, Bloomberg and Pataki to destroy our communities. We have only ourselves to blame. DDDB can not advocate on our behalf on their own. They need our financial support. I implore everyone to start writing checks and make a substantial donation to DDDB’s legal fund. Right now, we lack the resources to win this battle. Without you, Ratner horrific vision of Brooklyn will undoubtedly come to fruition. We must stop him now! Not only will his creation cast long and dark shadows across all of downtown Brooklyn, it will accelerate global warming through massive traffic congestion, the admission of green house gases and waste of vital natural resources. Because of 15 years of construction, our children will be threaten by significant health issues on the level of what transpired at Ground Zero!
AY would better serve the community as a community park with space dedicated to arts and craft. Furthermore, part of the site would be used to establish an organic vegetable garden/food co-op with artists/volunteer farmers living in lofts on the periphery of the project. This is our vision for AY! AY should incorporate the interest of the community and aim to raise the quality of life of area residents. In its present form it’s slated to destroy us and everything that we hold near and dear. I repeat, the STADIUM should be relocated to areas such as Coney Island with the added perk that developers build more basketball courts in playgrounds and perhaps fund community workshops on “How to Break into the Music Industry.” These are real and beneficial programs for economically and disenfranchised people living on the outskirt of Brooklyn.
my butt smells
now if you could only forge public policy and design urban centers as well as you spell-check or proof grammar, we’d all be happy campers. Ever savvy blog reader knows that online chatter is rarely grammatically perfect. They dispense with the formalities of grammar; hence acronyms such as STFU (: >
Incidentally, have you seen the new cingular commercial on t.v. (the one with all the acronyms)?
Maybe you ought to go back to your borrow or wherever you came from. You contribute absolutely nuthin to the discussion.
First of all please learn the difference between hyperbole and sarcasm.
Who said anything about not worrying about the existing infrastructure – there is no better example of infrastructure utilization then the 4th Ave rezoning or the placing of high density development atop a rail and subway hub.
What all you NIMBYs want is to keep everything as it was (on the day you decided you love Brooklyn). But it doesn’t work like that, nor is that fair to the people who cant find housing or a job under the current conditions.
You live in this delusion that masses of people “came to Brooklyn” b/c they wanted “small scale” – this is total nonsense. Most people “came to Brooklyn” because the womb they exited was attached to a person who lived in Brooklyn (and many of those people don’t live in “charming” low density housing either); or because they wanted to live in NYC but couldn’t afford the same size/quality housing in Manhattan.
Besides tons of neighborhoods are already protected by zoning and historical districts.
No one is advocating bulldozing block after block of brownstones or other historical buildings – but what people are doing is developing the under-utilized tracts of land (especially those near mass transit) to provide housing, jobs and economic activity to current and future residents. Will that mean a more crowded train ride, or you losing your great view or the need for more schools in the future – yup probably so.
do you all realize how idiotic you sound? for those of you who have lived in brooklyn for any length of time…how much has brookly improved??
100%? 200%?? i mean seriously. even compared to 10 years ago, brooklyn has gone leaps and bounds in terms of basic services, schools, amenities, SAFETY, the list goes on…
say whatever you will about markowitz, but it’s pretty ignorant to say the kinds of things you are with utter disregard for all of the GOOD that he’s done as well.
you people are insane. literally one of the most closed minded group of people in ny, i venture to say.
this is my favorite line of the thread!!!!
Won’t this be a happy little borrow that we live in?
BORROW!!! and we’re supposed to listen to what someone who spells BOROUGH like that????!!!!
holy mother.
Don’t forget the other politicians who brought us this mess. Kudos to Tish James and Velmanette Montgomery for having the courage to stand alone against the tide.
Markowitz has always been a scumbag, sellout and a traitor. He’s a “cheerleader” only insofar as cheerleading will attract the attention of people who seek to purchase influence. And boy oh boy, this makes Markowitz and Ratner a match made in heaven (or hell, depending on how you look at it). Markowitz has betrayed everyone, EVERYONE who ever voted for him and I sincerely hope that this dark, shameful chapter never ceases to haunt him. Seriously: He should never, ever be able to get past this. The voters of this city should hang Markowitz’s ass out to dry if he ever runs for another office. He’s unfit to be dog catcher in this city. FILTH!