Community Board 10 Meeting – September 15th
Community Board 10 is resuming their monthly meetings tonight at 7:00 pm at The Knights of Columbus at 1305 – 86th Street.
They are swearing in new officers at the first meeting, but basically it’s just a few CB 10 members switching places. Their agenda for September is very light.
They should begin with the definition of “lobbyist” and teach members to search for projects in the NYC or NYS lobbyist databases as several of our politicians have pushed lobbyist projects on our community over the years. See lobbyist database for NYC here:
https://lobbyistsearch.nyc.gov
When I first moved to Bay Ridge, I was glad to see people speaking up at CB 10 Meetings, but over the years it has become a group that has either allowed things to happen, stayed silent or simply didn’t share information with their neighbors.
1) Last year, CB 10 failed to tell the community that Justin Brannan carved his own home out of the City of Yes and then voted for the City of Yes for everyone else! How did that little detail escape mentioning? Because CB 10 members homes were carved out as well.
2) In 2023, CB 10 members sat at a meeting and not one person asked any questions when the manager, Josephine announced that a homeless shelter was coming to 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge. Josephine did not share the letter or details from the letter. Justin Brannan said this was a shelter for veterans, but it’s not just for veterans.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zJWhBTGadRNUIoC_QFpuT0ZQjQ6-177BMunz9km7sOY/edit?tab=t.0
In April 2025, Josephine said that someone was going to speak to the community about the homeless shelter in Bay Ridge, but no one ever did. *This is why people are upset – information is not shared in this community. There were only two mentions of the homeless shelter at CB 10 meetings. Info:
3) Also in 2023, CB 10 voted against a high school on Ovington Avenue because very little information was available and the school wouldn’t have an exit on another street because the property is only on Ovington Avenue. Justin Brannan proceeded anyway on this, CB 10 took no action. See here:
4) In 2023, Get Around Car Sharing was able to claim street parking. CB 10 never shared that Senator Andrew Gounardes was working with Get Around Cars. The company went out of business and the signs were quietly removed – the project was never mentioned at a CB 10 Meeting. (See info and video:
Gounardes Pushed GetAround Car-Sharing on Bay Ridge And Was Silent About His Involvement
5) In 2022 and 2023 – Shore Hill won the right to build in their parking lot. No one member on CB 10 noticed that Justin Brannan didn’t speak out for the community, but for NYC Councilman, Vinnie Gentile did.
6) In 2022, there was the lobbyist project for loading zones. No one in CB 10 shared that Justin Brannan was lobbied over this. CB 10 said they would evaluate the loading zones – they were never spoke about again.
7) In 2021, a second property for a school at 8802 – 5th Avenue was approved by CB 10. The owner of the property was the same as the owner of Nathans. But this property has toxins that have to be removed before a school can be built. It’s part of the Brownfield Cleanup Program that hasn’t even begun! See:
What No One Is Telling Us Important Information About the Property Community Board 10 Discussed Tonight?
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An unregistered lobbyist and friend of Justin Brannan’s was able to make money in Bay Ridge with the Nathan’s School deal. See:
Hugs,
marlene
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