tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post5334949109152107282..comments2024-03-28T13:46:38.346-04:00Comments on Pardon Me For Asking: Camouflaged With #METOO Legislation, Eminent Domain Acquisition Of Sites In Gowanus For C.S.O. Tank Easily Sails Through City CouncilKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17882047670852126739noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-82414574699550038962018-04-16T10:29:43.293-04:002018-04-16T10:29:43.293-04:00Anon on April 13 @ 358 PM sounds like a toll for t...Anon on April 13 @ 358 PM sounds like a toll for the DEP, perhaps one of those folks who get grant funds from the city to provide the city political cover for the city's decisions here-- cause it looking more like the city PR folks want this to appear as if it is a EPA driven budget item, when it is all DEP, Levin, and Lander choosing to saddle all New Yorkers with this big budget item. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-7665920942072635422018-04-13T22:17:10.398-04:002018-04-13T22:17:10.398-04:00Anon 3:58 You have NO IDEA what you're talking...Anon 3:58 You have NO IDEA what you're talking about. The EPA cleanup bill goes to the polluters. It was the CITY that decided they wanted to use eminent domain - taxpayer dollars - to build the tanks on the western side of Nevins Street. EPA's plan was to build it on land that would not have needed to be purchased - the park - and that park needed to be dug up anyway to clean up the toxic soil beneath it. EPA's plan was a win-win. Thanks the Fifth Avenue Committee and the Double D Park group that pushed for the plan to tear down the buildings on the western side of Nevins, using eminent domain. What's their real agenda???? It was an extremely ugly maneuver - in the name of "saving the pool." The EPA promised that there would be a relocated pool. This City move is disgusting - but do not blame the EPA!Agnesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-31092828435841873172018-04-13T15:58:52.511-04:002018-04-13T15:58:52.511-04:00$400 million, $600 million, $1.2 billion, build it...$400 million, $600 million, $1.2 billion, build it in the park or not; what this really shows is just how inept and heavy handed the EPA is, and how the City taxpayers have been at saddled with this massive bill.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-37887906869136227532018-04-13T13:51:04.811-04:002018-04-13T13:51:04.811-04:00Greetings Katia,
“indeed, with a massive re-zonin...Greetings Katia,<br /><br />“indeed, with a massive re-zoning of the Gowanus corridor that would allow the construction of residential buildings in this once vibrant industrial neighborhood, one has to wonder if the City is instead planning what one Gowanus resident recently called "the Taj Mahal of sewer treatment facilities" to accommodate developers and their planned condos instead of two simple tanks as mandated by the E.P.A.”<br /><br />Yup, sounds about right!MrsSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16991873474975173851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-34812544467023502592018-04-13T08:26:45.453-04:002018-04-13T08:26:45.453-04:00Also, they're not putting this under the Thoma...Also, they're not putting this under the Thomas Green Playground because people protested that idea. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-17790521026025890142018-04-13T08:09:30.923-04:002018-04-13T08:09:30.923-04:00Is the city still kicking out Eastern Effects stud...Is the city still kicking out Eastern Effects studios?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-39808467517820519542018-04-13T04:07:02.438-04:002018-04-13T04:07:02.438-04:00I hope the Americans will be canceled now. I hope the Americans will be canceled now. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-14212438905162340662018-04-12T18:55:55.819-04:002018-04-12T18:55:55.819-04:00Thanks, Katia. Fair enough if out of town, I guess...Thanks, Katia. Fair enough if out of town, I guess, but it does seem awfully convenient! onemorefoldedsunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995652957356064546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-84409908115496793502018-04-12T17:10:14.755-04:002018-04-12T17:10:14.755-04:00His aid said he was out of town. Probably knew th...His aid said he was out of town. Probably knew the vote was a done deal.Katiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484246196723019291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-948922213453948812018-04-12T17:08:17.229-04:002018-04-12T17:08:17.229-04:00Yes, telling that Lander, who has “no position” on...Yes, telling that Lander, who has “no position” on the BQX, was absent when voting took place. Another instance in which he disappoints.onemorefoldedsunsethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995652957356064546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36892255.post-60801734784948744282018-04-12T14:50:30.091-04:002018-04-12T14:50:30.091-04:00Incredible, the lack of transparency. And no word ...Incredible, the lack of transparency. And no word from the Capo di Capo Lander in whose district this also lies? <br />Why are they not y putting these tanks under the polluted and dangerous site where the current pool is located in the "Double D" park? That is land owned by the city (no cost for eminent domain) and it must be cleaned up anyway? Put the pool in Brooklyn Bridge Park (which lacks one, despite the broad human outcry for 35 years for one) and allow the tanks to be stored where this toxic site is today. Or find another park to host the pool temporarily while the site is cleaned up. This is a ridiculous plan to take away land from private owners when perfectly useable land is available right there, that costs nothing. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com