tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742541333902834947.post1905330085733872182..comments2023-05-28T06:09:42.956-04:00Comments on Civic Center Residents Coalition NYC: DOT Says Chatham Square Redo needed 'cause it's not safe, oh really??Watchdoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03547109582162435771noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742541333902834947.post-16643943375000800152008-12-04T18:23:00.000-05:002008-12-04T18:23:00.000-05:00It was evident at the Community Board "hearing" la...It was evident at the Community Board "hearing" last night that the City has not done any analysis of pedestrian safety of either the current configuration or their proposed plan. Several speakers pointed out some glaring gaps in safety in the proposed plan.<BR/><BR/>This plan is being pushed by the NYPD in order to make Park Row flow into a dead end - not for safety but in its continuing war against the community. And the DOT is once again abdicating its responsibility and are acting as puppets of the NYPD instead of as an independent agency.<BR/><BR/>The problem with running the City "like a corporation" is that corporations are not democracies. Bring Democracy back to New York City - don't give Bloomberg another term as mayor!Malaclypse The Jungerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915459186014647887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5742541333902834947.post-64503102137870512962008-12-04T06:35:00.000-05:002008-12-04T06:35:00.000-05:00One particularly irksome side issue to all of this...One particularly irksome side issue to all of this is that CB#3 has acted more like a bureaucratic city agency, disposed more to advancing city agendas and timeframes, and less as an advocacy voice of the community, all of which runs counter to the initial spirit and purpose upon which community boards were established in the first place.<BR/><BR/>Victor J. Papa<BR/>President/Director<BR/>Two BridgesPONDERERINGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10611694748160351105noreply@blogger.com