Comments on: Jackson Heights Neighbors Band Together to Win Car-Free Street Expansion

By: del

del — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 11:48:33 +0000

this ”march” was led by local councilman danny dromm’s chief of staff, who lives on the street where ths park is located. talk about your ”astroturf” coommunity movement. . . total bs, undeserving of consideration

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:38:41 +0000

F the cars!

More bikes less cars!

By: pher

pher — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:41:43 +0000

abc, without a community board having monthly open meetings, even praiseworthy changes like this would have been accomplished through closed door deals, with the players being the electeds, the bureaucrats, and a select group of citizens.

Community boards can be hidebound, obstructionist, and parochial. But they mean an open record, public meetings, and the opportunity – not always seized – for the average joe to have his voice heard. I would prefer that to a collaboration of insiders any day.

By: Dromm is Cool

Dromm is Cool — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:56:54 +0000

Woo-hoo! Excellent.

By: Shirty in London

Shirty in London — Tue, 25 May 2010 09:29:47 +0000

A victory of people over the motor car; children over commuters; well done to Jackson Heights.

By: Emily Litella

Emily Litella — Tue, 25 May 2010 00:47:44 +0000

This is good news. I am familiar with JH and open space is a major gap in the long list of amenities the area enjoys. This is a fight that needs to be taken up by people all over the city, particularly in the vast park-less districts of Brooklyn. If we want kids to spend less time staring at LCD screens, we need to get busy opening up more space for them. They are our most precious resource, right?

By: abc

abc — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:00:52 +0000

Basically the neighborhood’s citizens got four agencies in the city government and its entire delegation of elected officials to sign on to this proposal. They collectively asked the Community Board not to stand in the way. I’m grateful the Community Board eventually came around and listened. But the real kudos goes to the citizens, politicians, and bureaucrats who lead the way.

By: pher

pher — Mon, 24 May 2010 21:02:31 +0000

We bash community boards a lot on this site. But without them, where would this group have marched? Who would have heard their protest? And what body would have been free to agree with their position?

We need a body to hear these hyperlocal issues, deliberate publicly on them, and reach a community-supported consensus. Community boards are the best we’ve got, and without them, we would have politicians and bureaucrats….not citizens.

By: MarcusW

MarcusW — Mon, 24 May 2010 20:06:38 +0000

I’m so happy for this for our neighborhood

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:59:21 +0000

Good Job everyone. Well done.

Hopefully that July and August can become year round next time.

By: BicyclesOnly

BicyclesOnly — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:17:39 +0000

Great news! Congratulations to all the people who turned out and made this campaign a success–it will make your time spent hanging out there this summer that much sweeter!