From the Daily News:
The new Brooklyn Bridge Park has drawn huge crowds and, with spring arriving, more Brooklynites are sure to flock to the waterfront.
Plans are for the park to eventually stretch 85 acres and cost $350 million, but officials have so far secured only $294,241,000 from the city and Port Authority, meaning parts of the plan are still in flux.
A series of complex deals between city and state officials have added and subtracted elements.
The Daily News took a look at what’s done, what’s planned, what’s paid for and what’s not.
Is this kind of money being spent on park projects anywhere in Queens? Why aren't our electeds fighting for equal compensation, especially since Queens will be taking on the largest share of the 1M people predicted to come to NYC by 2030? The answer is they don't have to because we re-elect them anyway.
9 comments:
As the councilman Halloran tells the people there is no money to purchase 6 acres for fields, no money to upgrade the soccer fields at little bay, no money for upkeep of Harvey park baseball field, and on and on with the no money. Meanwhile there are those out there that not only would for him again but are pushing for him to run for senate and or congress? Thanks for nothing!
Aye buy their is money for a piazza stu gazzo?
Let's see... Bowne House, NYS Pavilion, St. Saviours, Cornell Farm, etc. Yeah, $350M could go a long way in Queens.
as far as "1 mil people by 2030" anticipated people moving INTO the city . . . there's a predicted 2 mil moving OUT for sure.
Bloomberg's buddies and the mega rich can live with all the new immigrants. They can pay THEM slave labor - good luck with that.
Plenty of rats ,though!
FWIW, $350 million for 85 acres, comes out to almost $100 per square foot.
$100 / square foot ??? For a park ?
How much are they getting for that slide?
Who are they buying it from, the Department of Defense ?
SAY IT AGAIN MARIO
As the councilman Halloran tells the people there is no money to purchase 6 acres for fields, no money to upgrade the soccer fields at little bay, no money for upkeep of Harvey park baseball field, and on and on with the no money. Meanwhile there are those out there that not only would for him again but are pushing for him to run for senate and or congress? Thanks for nothing!
Aye buy their is money for a piazza stu gazzo?
From Staten Island: the usual. . . it must be great to live in the promised land of the trust fund babies.
Let's see... Bowne House, NYS Pavilion, St. Saviours, Cornell Farm, etc. Yeah, $350M could go a long way in Queens.
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Add Steinway Mansion - rumor has it that its fated to be a seedy nightclub.
Tower People live there, so of course they will get whatever they want from the city.
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