Congratulations to all the FROGGS!!
As written at the PMFA blog last Wednesday:
CORD
CG CORD IS DEDICATED TO PRESERVE THE UNIQUE, HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF THE CARROLL GARDENS, BROOKLYN, AREA, AND TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM GREEDY AND ILL-CONCEIVED OVER-DEVELOPMENT. WE INSIST THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAVE A SAY IN OUR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO OUR HISTORICAL CONTEXT, OUR SAFETY, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, AND OUR PROTECTION FROM SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS. CORD WAS FOUNDED IN MAY, 2007, WITH THE 'PROTECT OUR HOMES' PETITION BELOW.
Congratulations to all the FROGGS!!
As written at the PMFA blog last Wednesday:
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We will hopefully be seeing a lot of this logo around the Gowanus and hopefully ALL of Brooklyn pretty soon.
From Found In Brooklyn 2/20/2008
In doing some research on the Toll Brothers I came upon some alarming information about them. Last week, the very same Toll Brothers who want to build the large 577 unit condo development along the Gowanus, made the “Climate Watch” Companies list compiled by a group of leading US investors. The businesses selected to be on this list are companies who have failed to improve their focus and attention to business risks and opportunities from climate changes.
Toll Brothers are joined by Exxon/Mobil, Chevron, CVS, Ultra Petroleum, General Motors, Ford, Bed Bath & Beyond and get this one. WHOLE FOODS!
SO. Are we are supposed to TRUST this developer to take the care to build on an environmentally hazardous swamp land that is chock full of pathogens?! Trust Toll Brothers to build a man-made hill with a 220 car parking garage in it to “fix” its sewage filled flood zone status?!
This is such a no brainer, just why are our elected officials allowing this?
Click Ceres.org to read the whole article.
Meeting. Gowanus Canal Waterbody/Watershed Facility Plan Report: February 12, 2008
Under a 2005 Consent Order with the NYSDEC, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has prepared a Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Waterbody/Watershed Facility Plan (WWFP) for the Gowanus Canal located on Buttermilk Channel in the Upper New York Bay. The WWFP outlines the work that has been done to-date and future plans for improving water quality in the Gowanus Canal, including abatement of the Combined Sewer Overflows into Gowanus Canal. The WWFP is the first step in the process of meeting water quality standards. The Long Term Control Plan (LTCP), per the USEPA CSO Policy, will be prepared in the near future.
Public Meeting: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 at 6:30 p.m. at P.S. 58 located at 330 Smith Street at Carroll Street in Brooklyn
PUBLIC OFFICIALS: Brooklyn-wide--take note--we are talking to YOU!
Councilman BRAD LANDER
District Office Address
456 5th Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215
http://council.nyc.gov/d39/html/members/home.shtml
District Office Phone
(718) 499-1090
District Office Fax
(718) 499-1997
Assemblywoman Joan L. Millman link
341 Smith Street Tel. (718) 246-4889
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz link
209 Joralemon Street
CSC Telephone: (718) 802-3777
Fax: (718) 802-3881
askmarty@brooklynbp.nyc.gov
State Senator Martin Connor link
Congresswoman Yvette Clark link
Mayor Bloomberg and all the Key Members of his Administration link
Amanda Burden, Chair, NYC Dept. of Planning
22 Reade St. NY, NY 10007-1216.
You can also e-mail Ms. Burden: http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/maildcp.html Patricia Lancaster, Commisioner, Department of Buildings (DOB): link
Comment to CORD from "I am not a NIMBY!"
"I really wonder how many of these posters on any of the blogs this week calling people at CORD a "NIMBY" live and work and own a home in Carroll Gardens?/Cobble Hill/Boerum Hill/Park Slope? Do you work here? Go to school here? Park/drive/shop here? No one in those categories would ever call this a NIMBY issue...it is much larger that! It is about the rights of homeowners vs. big developers; it's even about recent eminent domain rulings although no one dares to utter that word out loud as look at what happened over at Atlantic Yards.... I am not a nimby. I am a homeowner with a brain and I can read between the lines. I have to pay my taxes after all. Do they? I am not a NIMBY. I am not even anti-development! I am pro-development that fits in with the existing community not overwhelms it and changes it irrevocably! I am definitely anti-"as of right" because the current interpretation of "as of right" is simply tailor-made for voracious developers and not the average guy. A "Nimby" is an easy label used to minimize the real life concerns of real life people. I am, quite simply, one voice here in Carroll Gardens, but I am here to stay. By, Not a nimby, ever.
Councilman Bill deBlasio link
Tom Gray, District Director,
City Council Member Bill de Blasio
Tagray@gmail.com
Tel. (718) 854-9791
Tel. (718) 854-1146 Fax
Assemblywoman Joan L. Millman link
(718) 246-4889
millmaj@assembly.state.ny.us/www.assembly.state.ny.us
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz link
209 Joralemon Street
CSC Telephone: (718) 802-3777
Fax: (718) 802-3881
askmarty@brooklynbp.nyc.gov
Amanda Burden, Chair, NYC Dept. of Planning
22 Reade St. NY, NY 10007-1216.
You can also e-mail Ms. Burden: http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/maildcp.html
Patricia Lancaster, Commisioner, Department of Buildings (DOB):
www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/maildob.html
CORD SEEKS VOLUNTEERS of ALL KINDS!
E-MAIL US AT CGCORD@GMAIL.COM
Q. How do I get one of those cool, yellow, "Did You Sign Yet?" yard/garden signs for my front yard or shop window?
A. from Cord: E-mail us at CGCORD@gmail.com for info!
Q. How do I contact Mr. Stein the developer of 360 Smith St. and 2nd Place?
A. from Cord: Billy Stein, S/A Associates, 100 Ring Road West, Garden City, NY 11530
Q. Do we have to be over 18 to sign the petition? A.from Cord: Thank you for your excellent question. Yes, you must be 18. But you can still help by encouraging family and freinds who are of age to sign. Also you may send an email explaining your age, your concerns, and why you would sign if you were able. We will be happy to forward your email to the appropriate officials.
Q. Hi. I hope you can help me to remove one of my signatures from the petition. For some reason, my name appears twice and does not include my zipcode, 11234. I want the petition to succeed and am sure that having my signature appear twice is npt a helpful thing. Thanks so much.
A. from Cord: We have no way of changing or altering the petition. When it is time to present, we will dutifully note any accidental duplications.