Tuesday, February 8, 2022

Prez FDNY Union: "Lives in danger" from the road sheds

 Dear Neighbor and Allied Groups,

Below, please watch the video of Andrew Ansboro, President of the Uniformed Firefighters Association, powerful statement on the road bed dining sheds. He clearly states "lives in danger".  You can read his statement here.

Tomorrow will be Mayor Adams' and City Council's first step to making Open Restaurant permanent. The torpedoing of this legislation is nothing shocking. The Hospitality Alliance and Open Plans New York have been lobbying hard for this to happen. But, tomorrow will be one of the only chances for the public to push back.

Please take to time to provide testimony tomorrow on Zoom or via written testimony (by Thurs 11:59 PM). The how-to-do-this is laid out below. Or, click here.    If the text amendment passes, our streets will forever be altered, and our quality of life upended. This is not hyperbolic. Department of Transportation will be granted enormous amounts of power and latitude to dictate the future of our streets. City Council is not only ceding our lands to one business sector and landlords but diminishing their checks and balances over DOT. The amendments (and there are quite a few scheduled) on the table tomorrow will allow DOT full rule-making authority with very little oversight. 

**Sign up anyway just in case (as opposed to Open Restaurant amendment)  with a backup plan to submit written testimony by the deadline (or do both). Tomorrow will be a long day of testimony. Over 100 people have registered so far, but we fear it is mostly Hospitality and Open Plans NY members and supporters. So help stack the deck our way!

Check this out too:

Today's Good Read (comment sections are pile-on from real estate, hospitality, and bike fanatics)
Potential for Permanent Crisis as Protests Continue over Open Restaurants

Mayor Adams literally broke bread with Andrew Rigie of the Hospitality Alliance on Sunday along with the two City Council co-chairs ahead of tomorrow's hearing.

Onward and thank you!

 

HOW TO TESTIFY OR SUBMIT WRITTEN TESTIMONY



Public testimony will begin immediately following the testimony of any invited experts and will be limited to two minutes per person to allow as many people as possible to present their views.

Members of the public can sign up to testify via Zoom Web or phone at least 24 hours in advance of the hearing. Translators are available, see sign-up ASAP. Please check your SPAM for a confirmation email. 

*SKIP THE UPLOAD TESTIMONY QUESTION
PORTAL OPEN NOW!



The hearing will be webcast live at https://council.nyc.gov/livestream.
(See Virtual Room 1.)

Submit written testimony to the Council by uploading it to https://council.nyc.gov/testify or by emailing it directly to testimony@council.nyc.gov.

Deadline is 72 hours after the hearing has been adjourned.




CLICK the arrow for the CHEAT SHEET that includes how to log-in and attend links, abstract of the legislation, and food for thought. https://bit.ly/cheat-sheet-textamendment-hearing

 

 

21 comments:

Anonymous said...

Learn to Cook said...
After this is shoved down your throat NYC, Your protest should be not to eat in them.
Never used them and never will.

Anonymous said...

ron s said...
I see no problems with road sheds to help the City recover faster.
I used them often when working late and never felt unsafe or in danger.

Anonymous said...

I wonder what these people are going to do when their grocery store shelfs start becoming bare? No truckers means no supplies coming in.

georgetheatheist said...

I've driven on 30th (Grand) Avenue in Astoria when I witnessed a fire truck blaring its horn trying to get past the cars, motor bikes, busses, and those ugly oversized ramshackle shacks*. Your house or apartment WILL be in danger because of this restaurant mess and you will DIE burning to death or inhaling smoke.

*And what kind of asshole wants to "dine" sitting in the gutter?

Anonymous said...

Sheds for the Sheeple.
The elite care about the working class, as long as they don’t have to see or hear them.

Anonymous said...

It’s not about spreading the virus, it’s about control.

Anonymous said...

Now that we have a third world mayor is time to have a matching third world city.
Way to go.

Anonymous said...

Typical Karens whining about these outdoor restaurants. Get a life!

Anonymous said...

The city where no one has money and everyone eats out.

Anonymous said...

Typical Karens whining about these outdoor restaurants. Get a life!

Is your mom whining about sheds? Why? You were born in one after all.
Planned Parenthood was closed - apparently.

Anonymous said...

@Typical Karens whining
You are the typical Leftoid whining about everthing with no facts .

Anonymous said...

@ ❝It's not about spreading the virus, it's about control.❞

❝Anarchy doesn't mean 'out of control'; it means out of THEIR control.❞ ——Jim Dodge

Anonymous said...

What is the shed leader shanty town CRACKA doing with a CRACKA woman on his right?
IS he CRACKING up or wanna CRACK her open? Or Bulding CRACK Better?
WTF, where is the commie TA punk when you need one. Damn.

Anonymous said...

I see no problems with road sheds to help the City recover faster.

Ronnie boy go see a shrink. The city was amply looted and destroyed. So was the economy.
What the heck recovery are you talking about? Dinning in sheds?

Anonymous said...

@"You are the typical Leftoid whining about everthing with no facts ."

Where are your fact's Karen ?

Anonymous said...

"Is your mom whining about sheds?"

Jesus was born in a shed. Or so they say...

Anonymous said...

Jesus was born in a shed. Or so they say...

Is that the latest teaching of the Satan Church?
Do tell. We still talking about you. Shedboy.

Mr Spalding says said...

Between my legs. Come and get some.

Anonymous said...

Shedboy...LOL

Anonymous said...

@"Is that the latest teaching of the Satan Church?"

Satan's church is nice and hot this time of year. Still waiting for a right wing-nut to provide any facts about anything without quoting from a Fake News site like NY Post, or any other Murdoch clone.

Prove me wrong ...

Anonymous said...

@Shedboy, Fox News said Unicorns can fly ! Fact check please...