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Daily News OpEd: North Brooklyn Deserves Its Promised Bushwick Inlet Park
Daniel Squadron and Ward Dennis
May 14, 2016
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In 2005, the city approved a major rezoning in Greenpoint and Williamsburg, resulting in an explosion of waterfront towers and residential density. As a key part of that rezoning, the community was promised a new, nearly 30-acre Bushwick Inlet Park."
Eleven years later? Thousands of new residents are here; the park is not. The city says it’s too expensive."
Daniel Squadron is a state senator representing lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. Ward Dennis is a member of Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park, a community organization.
Read More: http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/squadron-dennis-bushwick-deserves-promised-park-article-1.2636468
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