Shouldn’t the primary concern of the BPCA be Battery Park City..I read the entirety of “There is Desperate
Need Elsewhere’” and the BPCA never addressed the future of the 600 apartments still stabilized in Gateway. Instead of looking for new affordability in other parts of the city, the BPCA should be devoting its primary energy to preserving stabilization that already exists e.g., Gateway.
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December 27, 2024
What is missing from this report is that the ticket scamming has increased exponentially due to the barriers the BPCA put in place for their resiliency project.
Having spoken with our Council Member and the 1st Precinct, it is well known that the ticket scammers, crime and congestion all increased beyond control when the BPCA closed off access to the parks.
Before construction, the 1st Precinct had it under control, but now with the barriers and construction I was told they do not have enough man power to patrol the area as is needed.
The BPCA should be responsible for providing additional security and work with the community to make sure this does not become the new normal for us.
They have taken our valuable park space and provided us with no entrance to the park from the South BPC area. Their work has increased crime, increased loitering, increased noise, pollution and trash and turned what was once a place of solace and refuge into a construction hellscape.
I will not bother you with the fact this is a bloated construction project that could have been done for 1/4 of the price, and saved our valuable nature. There is plenty on record for that story.
We should be pressing the BPCA to address the increase in crime and congestion they have caused.
We the residents and the 1st Precinct should not bear this burden.
Shouldn’t the primary concern of the BPCA be Battery Park City..I read the entirety of “There is Desperate
Need Elsewhere’” and the BPCA never addressed the future of the 600 apartments still stabilized in Gateway. Instead of looking for new affordability in other parts of the city, the BPCA should be devoting its primary energy to preserving stabilization that already exists e.g., Gateway.
ebroadsheet.com/statue-of-larceny
December 27, 2024
What is missing from this report is that the ticket scamming has increased exponentially due to the barriers the BPCA put in place for their resiliency project.
Having spoken with our Council Member and the 1st Precinct, it is well known that the ticket scammers, crime and congestion all increased beyond control when the BPCA closed off access to the parks.
Before construction, the 1st Precinct had it under control, but now with the barriers and construction I was told they do not have enough man power to patrol the area as is needed.
The BPCA should be responsible for providing additional security and work with the community to make sure this does not become the new normal for us.
They have taken our valuable park space and provided us with no entrance to the park from the South BPC area. Their work has increased crime, increased loitering, increased noise, pollution and trash and turned what was once a place of solace and refuge into a construction hellscape.
I will not bother you with the fact this is a bloated construction project that could have been done for 1/4 of the price, and saved our valuable nature. There is plenty on record for that story.
We should be pressing the BPCA to address the increase in crime and congestion they have caused.
We the residents and the 1st Precinct should not bear this burden.