Construction Began at The St. Nicholas Home, Even Though CB 10 Failed to Provide An Update
Work has begun at The St. Nicholas Home on Ovington Avenue in Bay Ridge. Amy shared a video here.
The location is going to become a high school, even though Community Board 10 voted against it. (Info)
Worker throwing furniture off the balcony (Photo from Amy’s video)
In May, Community Board 10 voted to reject the high school at the Ovington Avenue location because other locations weren’t pursued and the Committee wasn’t given enough information. (See here) Councilman Brannan and the School Construction Authority failed to answer the committees questions.
It’s January – eight months later and Community Board 10 didn’t provide the community with an update.
At the November 2023 meeting, Josephine told Community Board 10 that there was going to be an update about the school the week of the meeting. (Seen here at 24:00)
This was what was said in 12 seconds:
***On December 5, 2023, NYC held a public hearing about the school location on Ovington Avenue.
Why did Community Board 10 failed to share this meeting with Bay Ridge residents at the November meeting or through their e-newsletter? You can see NYC’s announcement on a PDF (if you click this link,– it doesn’t just open – it downloads the pdf to your computer.)
There are all of these steps for approval of a school so that one person isn’t making the decisions for a community. But it continues to happen in our community because people allow it.
At the December Community Board meeting, the Chair did not provide an update about the high school. (See the video) Councilman Brannan spoke at the meeting, but not about the school. No one on CB 10 asked Brannan for an update about the high school, so they must already know!
Surprisingly, Jaynemarie Capetanakis, the Chair of Community Board 10 stood and smiled as Brannan spoke. Why didn’t she ask him about the high school?
In July, Councilman Justin Brannan told a private Facebook group he was proceeding with the high school. (Info) Isn’t it called fascism when only one person is making decisions?
NYC Council voted in favor of the school because the council representatives vote the way Justin Brannan wanted them to vote (yes, they usually vote the way the local representative wants). A Bay Ridge resident shared this news clip:
The Months Before the Meeting Some Strange Things Happened:
1) In December 2022, Brannan put out a video about this location on Tik Tok calling it a 900+ seat elementary school. He wasn’t going to make it a high school. The video has been deleted, but look:
2) In February 2023, the property’s mortgage was paid. You can see this on Acris. (Here) Block: 05873 Lot: 0077 and Lot 73.
3) Also in February 2023, the news reported the new high school (See here) because Brannan tweeted about it. (See here)
4) Why didn’t Community Board 10 vote on it in January 2023? How did Brannan get so far without Community Board 10 approving the school location? #SomethingIsn’tRightHere.
By May, why did they hold a vote if it was a done deal?
It’s what you allow Bay Ridge.
Hugs,
marlene
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