Comments on: Queens CB1 Chair: Secure Bike Parking Serves “No Purpose”

By: Angus Grieve-Smith

Angus Grieve-Smith — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:34:32 +0000

It's on the agenda of the next Queens CB 2 meeting this Thursday at 7PM.

By: Heffron

Heffron — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:11:59 +0000

For the local Queens papers the Gazette’s article was almost good. It was fair at least. And the unnamed QC member was our own Lynne Serpe.

By: da

da — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:07:17 +0000

Community Board Member:

“Hey, we’ve gotten along just fine since 1975 without secure bike parking. Why do we suddenly need it now?”

;^)

By: Ben Fried

Ben Fried — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:41:07 +0000

Susan, there’s about 10 days left in the 60-day window for CBs to vote on the zoning change. A few might have it calendared in the days ahead.

By: ms nomer

ms nomer — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:37:13 +0000

I was at Queens CB5′s meeting in December and they voted to approve the zoning text change. I am pretty sure it was unanimous, didn’t hear any “nay” responses during the roll call vote.

By: Susan Donovan

Susan Donovan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:06:28 +0000

Should read: Should I send a note to my Bronx CB about this? Are they all going to be talking about it?

By: Susan Donovan

Susan Donovan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:05:22 +0000

Should I send a not to my Bronx CB about this? Are they all going to talking about it?

By: Jeffrey Hymen

Jeffrey Hymen — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:01:55 +0000

I believe the Brooklyn Borough Board is voting on the text amendment tonight. If I understand correctly, the resolution recommends approval, but proposes modification the amendment to require fewer spaces in senior housing.

By: Mark Walker

Mark Walker — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:19:37 +0000

Donato’s ulterior motive is that he doesn’t want bikes to share the streets with his car, so he monkeywrenches bike amenities any way he can. I’m just a non-biking pedestrian, but even I am offended by this, because a world that’s more accommodating to cars is less safe for me.

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:09:53 +0000

“Anyone on this board bike to work? No? Then it doesn’t benefit us, so it serves no purpose.”

“Donato — who has chaired CB1 since 1975.”

Since 1975? Par for the course in this state — he and most others now in charge took over in wreckage the prior generation of self-dealers had left behind when they cashed in and moved out. Perhaps when they’re done a new generation of leaders will preside over the new wreckage.

Hey Donato, the exclusion of all retirement income from state and local income taxes, something very uncommon elsewhere, also serves no purpose as far as I’m concerned. Particularly when the overall tax burden here is among the highest in the country.