Please see the latest post from Katia Kelly at PMFA
"Important Online Meeting on Gowanus Rezoning Coming Up.
Please Tune In!"
"The Department of City Planning (DCP) will make a presentation at Community Board 6's Landmarks/Land Use meeting on Thursday, October 22 at 6pm. According to CB6, "the presentation will outline their timeline in advance of the Gowanus rezoning being certified (the first stage of the ULURP) in January 2021."
"To register for the online meeting, please click here. I would encourage everyone in the community to sign up, to send in your questions and comments here, but better yet, to demand to make a statement."
Why The Proposed Gowanus Rezoning Is All Wrong And Why We Should All Care!
"As Mayor de Blasio and Councilmember Brad Lander target Gowanus for one of the largest upzonings during this administration, local residents demand a plan that offers safety, sustainability, transparency and respect for our residential neighborhood and our businesses. Currently, De Blasio and Lander's vision offers none of the above."
The Truth About Gowanus
"The Gowanus neighborhood is a very fragile ecological environment and coastal estuary that has been abused for more than a century."
"Brownfield remediations are toxic containment measures and not actual cleanups. Much of the highly toxic material in the canal and adjacent land will remain in the soil even after EPA Superfund and Brownfield remediation efforts have been completed. And because of the real risks that come from living on land that remains polluted in perpetuity, NY State mandates these sites be monitored for exposure risks every year."
"New York City is one of the main polluters of the Gowanus Canal because it dumps both toxic materials and organic pathogens into the canal during rain fall events. EPA will restrict CSO toxic materials, but what of the pathogens?"
"New York State allows the city to use a loophole in the Clean Water Act for industrial waterways. In most city waterways Combined Sewer discharges must be restricted to maintain low levels of pathogen present in the water, as mandated by NY State water standards. This is not so in Gowanus, where the industrial water-quality classification sets no limits to the levels of pathogens allowed to flow in this canal."
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