Brannan & Gounardes Are Unable to Get NYC to Fix the Sewer on 10th Avenue – It’s YEARS Later
In 2023, Justin Brannan and Andrew Gounardes has The Brooklyn Reported share that a 51 Million in capital funds was set aside for the 10th Avenue Sewer Project in Dyker Heights. The sewers can’t handle the water and it was backing up into the residents homes.
Last week, at the Community Board 10 Meeting, Brad, a Dyker Heights resident returned again to say that the project has never been started and he is still cleaning the sewer water from his basement after rainstorms.
Brad also spoke about his neighbors, who are in their 80’s and aren’t able to do all that cleaning. You can see Brad speak at 20:15:
Neither Councilman Brannan or Senator Gounardes shared any information about the sewer problem on any of their social media. Brannan is busy posting nonsense videos for his employee, Kayla Santosuosso – please vote against her because this group of friends is not helping residents in this district.
The Brooklyn Reporter and Brooklyn Paper don’t find this story newsworthy so it wasn’t in the news. Press release politics is hurting out community. The journalist, Jada Camille writes the stories that the politicians send press releases about. It’s easier than coming out to Dyker Heights and attending a meeting or speaking with the residents. Press release politics hurts our community.
In 2022, about forty residents from 10th Avenue between 77th Street to 86th Street showed up at a Community Board 10 meeting because no o their basements were flooding each time it rained. I wrote them here:
Everyone in the community believes this project was completed because Community Board 10 never mentioned it and neither did Councilman Justin Brannan or Senator Andrew Gounardes.
CB 10’s manager and the former head of CB 10 didn’t want to discuss things. Do you realize CB 10 never mentioned these topics again:
1) The men’s homeless shelter at 6530 – 4th Avenue. They told the residents in the towers that there would be a meeting – there never was.
2) The high school on Ovington Avenue (How is it possible that this location was chosen when there is only one street for an exit?)
3) The pickleball courts that Brooklyn residents asked for at several Community Board 10 meetings.
4) The squatters on 73rd Street were never mentioned at any Community Board 10 meeting, but Gounardes, Brannan and Josephine all knew about the squatters for a long time. Why didn’t CB 10 members talk about it? No newspaper ever reported it.
5) The sewers on 10th Avenue
The manager of CB 10 thinks we need social media and a newsletter that doesn’t contain information about important topics in this community. Why aren’t the CB 10 members speaking out about providing the community real updates?
Can you imagine if Mrs. Gounardes or Mrs. Brannan had to clean sewer sludge from the basements of their new homes every time there was a strong rainstorm.
Please share this story with your neighbors so people go out and vote. Kayla Santosuosso said she knows who to call – obviously none of them know who to call BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THEY ALL AVOIDED TALKING ABOUT IT AND PROVIDING UPDATES TO OUR COMMUNITY. Let’s get people who want to fight for this community and get Dyker Heights residents help!
To Brad, his wife and the Dyker Heights residents – we are sorry you are going through this. Each month, I will be talking about the sewer in Dyker Heights on this blog. I hope some decent people on CB 10 will stand up at the meeting and ask for an update on this project EACH month so politicians and CB 10 take it more seriously.
Hugs,
marlene
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