Protesting Gowanus Parole Center Plan in Brooklyn
Brooklyn Preservation Council opposes a state parole supervision center planned along the Gowanus Canal at Fifth Street and Second Avenue. The group cites disruption to a residential area with schools and families as up to 500 parolees daily would travel through the neighborhood.
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Gowanus Canal
Brooklyn Preservation Council
Brooklyn
State Correction Department
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Second Avenue
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Park Slope
Unfinished Red Hook Hub unveils party at library
On December 5 the Red Hook library hosted a ceremony for the Red Hook Hub a project born from an $80 000 AIGA grant to aid Sandy recovery. The hub now offers a website a street ticker a library bulletin board and a future front granite bulletin board with yellow branding. HUB coordinator Dabriah Alston and committee members Reg Flowers Tony Schloss and James Andrews attended along with Carlos Menchaca who spoke about community participation.
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AIGA
NYC Design Association
van Brunt Street
Miccio Center
Dabriah Alston
Red Hook Coalition
HUB
Reg Flowers
Tony Schloss
James Andrews
Carlos Menchaca
Saundra
Red Hook Library
RHI
George Fiala
Furman accuses Corrections and Bloomberg admin of secret lease deal
BPC president Robert Furman says the Corrections Department acted without public oversight and accuses the Bloomberg Administration of granting a parking waiver before leaving office. He claims officials were not consulted and says a signed lease for an almost complete office building was a fait accompli. He notes a pending lawsuit and political pressure to lessen criminal exposure in the neighborhood. Contact information for Furman is provided.
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Robert Furman
Corrections Department
Bloomberg
Sembly
Furman
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