How to Make a terrible situation far worse by Harriet Hirshorn, Lower East Side I’ve been thinking about the terrible timing of shutting down 60 percent of East River Park in September when schools will be open for in room classes only 1-3 times a week. I’m reading articles in the New York Times about…
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Opaque
City officials and Community Board 3 claim they are working with the community on the $1.45 billion East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR). In fact, they are engaging in a ‘conspiracy of silence’ about the massive park-topped flood wall has becomes less transparent to community partners all the time: • no town hall by electeds in…
East River Park Oak Tree
(after Marianne Moore’s “The Camperdown Elm”) by Marcella Durand Dear Mayor Bill de Blasio, I choose as my treean oak that standssomewhat alonein a triangular lawn-like spacefacing the East Riverin East River Park,which is slatedto be demolishedthis coming Septemberper your opaque and confusingplans to, at some point,protect the Lower East Sidefrom floodingduring superstorms. The oak…
Interim Flood Protection
Wrecking East River Park can wait, but the Lower East Side and East Village need storm surge barriers for the hurricane season coming up. The East Side Coastal Resiliency (ESCR) plan that would demolish East River Park is likely to be delayed. “In New York City, which was crippled in 2012 by Hurricane Sandy, the…
Pandemic Refuge
Sarah A, an East River Park advocate writes, “The park’s been a tremendous source of comfort and relief to everyone during this pandemic. We go there daily and see many people from all walks of life using it and enjoying the spring beauty now erupting in the flowers and trees. It’s truly become a place…
Suing
How to stop the city from demolishing East River Park with an environmentally disastrous, climate damaging flood control project that is needed, paradoxically, because of climate change. East River Park ACTION and 15 other community groups along with some 75 individuals filed suit Feb. 6 to force the city to pursue Alienation from the state….
Rebellion, Celebration, Suit Up
Protest with Extinction Rebellion Saturday Celebrate and Honor East River Park ACTION with Rev. Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir Sunday Get seriously legal in 2020 Saturday, December 21, noon to 2:00, Union Square (14th St. side). Join Extinction Rebellion in a protest against the destruction of East River Park. We can help save the…
East River Park to be Buried Under Flimsy Promises
Toothless agreement satisfies City Council Committee The City Council Land Use Committee passed the flood control plan that will demolish East River Park. The plan goes before the full City Council Nov. 14. It is expected to pass, and bulldozing will begin next year. Before the vote Nov. 12 (10 Yes, 1 abstention), City…
Report on the Report on Flood Control for East River Park
Brian McGrath’s letter to City Council Member Carlina Rivera: It is with great concern that I write in response to the independent report on the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project (ESCR). I lived in the East Village for twenty years, and continue to work nearby where I advocate for my former neighbors on community issues…
Stop the Death Sentence for East River Park: a Dozen Reasons Why
East River Park ACTION is asking New York City to find a way to preserve and keep open as much of our park as possible while providing temporary and long-term flood protection. Here is why we oppose the plan and our proposal for a better plan: 1) UGLY AND CRUEL: According to the phased construction…