NO QUITTING WITHOUT ANSWERS! by Joe Maniscalco
(CG Courier 10/26/2007)

With only two months remaining in the calendar year, overdevelopment oppo­nents are still waiting for answers to some long-stand­ing and important questions regarding the ultimate fate of their community.

Neighbors still have not seen revised plans for the controversial building project at 360 Smith Street, gotten a fmal determination on exact­ly who has jurisdiction over the pedestrian plaza outside the Bergen Street subway stop, or any indication that there will be some sort of res­olution introduced 'in the New York City Council relat­ed to a temporary moratori­um on new construction over 50 feet high.

"We are in a holding pat­tern," CORD co-founder Triada Samaras complained this week. "We're waiting on everything. We keep getting a yellow light for everything that we throw out."

CORD [COalition for Respectful Development] is maintaining its drive for a temporary building moratori­um because, as Samaras sees

it, the action is "the only solu­tion on the table that is as nearly relevant."

Efforts to both downzone Carroll Gardens and signifi­cantly expand its modest Historic District have been studied and disc;ussed for some t~me, but so far gar­nered precious few results.

"We are for landmarking and downzonig, but it's going to be too late," Samaras said.

The steady pace of out-of­character construction like the development at 333 Carroll Street only heightens the sense of urgency for those who see the very fabric of their traditional brownstone' community eroding......(Please pick up a copy of this newpaper at your corner and read the rest of this excellent news article....)