Five Politicians and the Secret Letter to the Mayor
The local paper wrote that five politicians got together and wrote a letter to Mayor Bill de Blasio about the problems of illegal conversions in Bensonhurst.
Andrew Gounardes, Justin Brannan, Peter Abbate, Mathylde Frontus and Max Rose wrote “the mysterious letter.” Are they all scared to request a meeting with Mayor de Blasio or is one scared to write the letter, so he called on the others to join the?
It’s disappointing to see Mathylde Frontus and Max Rose participating in this as they are usually straight shooters, Mathylde never does the the press release politics.
The last time three of the politicians wrote a letter together, they (Brannan, Gounardes and Frontus) overrode Community Board 10’s decision and forced painted bike lanes on our area. #Disaster
Justin Brannan was seen having dinner with Mayor de Blasio in Bay Ridge a few months ago. Why would he need to write a letter when he knows the Mayor and can just ask him to do something?
While the local newspaper carried the story, the letter is not online. Strangely, none of the five politicians has mentioned the letter on social media.
Honestly, everyone is so tired of their press release politics and getting nothing done! It’s not right that these residents are overtaxed and can’t get help on simple issues that the law should be protecting them. Senator Gounardes is an attorney and participating in this letter shows that he unwilling to take the next step for these residents!
Dyker Heights residents are past the “politician writing a letter stage.” The mayor should have been called in for a meeting with the politicians or the community by now. I’m surprised Max Rose didn’t request it for them.
The politicians know that Brannan ran on the idea that he was going to stop home conversions and he has already exhausted the letter writing game – see here. This week, Senator Gournardes admitted to sending seven letters to NYC and not receiving any response (see here)…..and Gounardes didn’t follow up with a meeting when no one responded to his letters.
One of the problems with having politicians from the same party as the mayor is the politicians are less likely to fight for the people. For the next election, I don’t see this changing.
Hugs,
marlene
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