Wednesday, June 12, 2019

BKLYNER features our CG CORD request to Brooklyn Community Board 6

Hello everyone,

Thank you for your on-going support with our petition to have at least two town hall two inter-agency meetings with NYC agencies about the Gowanus rezoning hosted by CB 6 to inform the public much more about the Gowanus re-zoning plan.

Below you will see we have been featured in the Brooklyn news media very recently. Thanks to Pamela Wong at BKLYLNER for picking up our story.

"Gowanus News: Appeal To City Agencies, Comments To DCP, IBZ Roundtables"

"GOWANUS – Carroll Gardens Coalition For Respectful Development (CG CORD) has requested that Brooklyn Community Board 6 (CB6) coordinate at least two town hall meetings with NYC agencies about the Gowanus rezoning. The group has also started an online petition."

"The meetings would allow community members to ask questions of specific agency officials so they can determine whether “the City has the means, the resources and the will to TRULY plan for the impact of about 8,200 new housing units and an estimated 19,000 new residents,” the petition reads. The meetings must take place in advance of the ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure) to give the community and CB6 members the chance to fully understand and “assess all of the potential consequences of this rezoning.” (edit)

(See this LINK for full story and images)

https://bklyner.com/gowanus-news-appeal-to-city-agencies-comments-to-dcp-ibz-roundtables/


Sign the CG CORD Petition!
https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/brooklyn-cb6-residents-and-property-owners-unite

Thank you.
CG CORD



CORD HISTORY:

With the "Protect Our Homes" petition, CORD was formed in May, 2007. This petition arose as an overwhelmingly negative response to the coming of the over-sized 360 Smith Street Development at the corner of Smith Street and Second Place (Aka Oliver House; aka 131 Second Place). This petition, which had well over three thousand signatures, led to a new zoning text amendment in summer of 2008.

To: Our Elected Officials, Community Leaders, The MTA:
(MAY, 2007)

We the undersigned Carroll Gardens homeowners and residents, are appalled by the "as of right" ruling which allows owners and developers to erect buildings in our neighborhood with no regard to the impact they will present to our quality of life and the value of our homes........

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/signed.cgi?crlgrdns