Communities Don’t Fail Because of One Person – They Fail Because of Many People
Tonight, Community Board 10 held their first meeting since the Spring.
I have never been more disappointed in my community.
In May, Community Board 10 voted against the high school on Ovington Avenue because there were many unanswered questions. (See here)
There are already three schools for children in the lower grades on on that block (see the red arrows below). The yellow arrow is where the high school was proposed.
This high school would not alleviate overcrowding at Fort Hamilton High School. A property closer to Fort Hamilton High School was given, but no reason was given by the School Construction Authority why it wasn’t explored.
During the Summer, Councilman Justin Brannan told a private Facebook group that he was proceeding with the high school on Ovington Avenue, despite almost members of Community Board 10’s Committee voting against it. (Info here)
In December 2022, Councilman Brannan had boasted about a new elementary school at this location in a Tik Tok video. (See here)
In February 2023 – two month after Brannan’s video, Acris showed a Satisfaction of Mortgage for the St. Nicholas Home. (See here)
Why did Josephine wait so long to have Community Board 10 vote in May when the deal was done in the Winter?
Why did Josephine call for an additional meeting for Community Board Members? I don‘t understand why everyone’s time was wasted.
Tonight, not one member of Community Board Member stood up for Bay Ridge.
Sadly, Jaynemarie Capetanakis, the Chair of CB 10 gave a huge speech and spoke about “easy topics,” like the Ragamuffin Parade. No one was willing to talk about real issues in Bay Ridge, but the Chairperson needed to.
Josephine also gave a long speech and failed to mention the school as well.
Finally, a person asked about the high school that was voted on by by CB 10 in the Spring. Jaynemarie Capetanakis did not respond. Capetanakis handed the microphone to Josephine. That alone should tell us something is VERY wrong!
Josephine said, “It is moving forward. It was voted on and supported by the City Council.” (I could not find a vote by the City Council and if there was a vote, why didn’t Community Board 10 share that vote?)
In the video below move to 1:34 on this video to hear the information:
Jaynemarie took the microphone and said, “to be continued.” That’s all she said about the school.
Anything that was going to be said or done about this situation would have happened over the Summer or at this meeting.
I’m shocked Jaynemarie didn’t stand up for the community.
If you unaware about the strange placement of schools such as at the Nathan’s location (7th Avenue and 86th Street) or the school placed in a business district on 5th Avenue and 88th Street (a block away from PS 254 on 4th Avenue and 89th Street), please see here and here. Justin Brannan shouldn’t be in office because our community is being hurt by what The City referred to as “Secret Lobbying.” (Explained here)
We should have seen Jaynemarie Capetankis take action for Bay Ridge. People are silent when they don’t care. There has to be a procedure in place by the City to investigate when “strange” things like this keep happening in our community!
A Community Board exists so elected representatives work WITH the community.
Many reasons were given for that school not to be put there. CB 10 members had many questions and no answers were provided from the School Construction Authority to the community.
Corruption happens because people allow it. What’s happening in Bay Ridge is unacceptable. Every single CB 10 Member should have stood up against the corruption OR RESIGN BECAUSE YOU ARE HURTING OUR COMMUNITY!
Hugs,
marlene
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