The Speech Andrew Gounardes Should Have Given About Neighborhoods Over Development
Assemblyman Robert Carroll from Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn gave a fantastic speech about the importance of neighborhoods before development.
Thank you @OpenNYForAll for sharing @Bobby4Brooklyn talking about the importance of neighborhoods before growth. https://t.co/UPM3wD3pMZ
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Assemblyman Carroll said, “Neighborhood character matters.” Carroll pressed the idea that community residents should have a say in shaping how their neighborhood grows and changes.
Bay Ridge, Senator Andrew Gounardes attended the meeting at St. Anselm and stayed SILENT in the back with his political friends.
Senator Gounardes didn’t get up and speak for us. And in the days that followed, he didn’t put anything in print to speak out for our community!
This morning I was taken back by the video below, which was taken in Manhattan:
The NYC bus should have stopped and blocked the man’s body while the driver called for help. But sadly, no one else helped the man either.
We saw a similar situation happen in Bay Ridge. When a man fell to the ground, cars stopped and angled their car to keep the man’s body safe from traffic. Many people stopped and called 911 (at least five people). Two kind Ridgites, who got down on the ground and sat with the hurt man to wait for EMS.
Brooklyn is not Manhattan and we need leaders like Carroll, who aren’t afraid to stand up and speak for the community.
Hugs,
marlene
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