Dear PLG and The Manor:
Have we forgotten that when 626 Flatbush was up for State Funding
Eric Adams was the State Senator.
Have we forgotten he is responsible for the current
financial incentive of building in our community
via the 421a tax breaks, that gave nothing back to the community!
Have we forgotten that just before he became Borough President
he was under investigation,
he had no opponent despite this weakness
and his loyalty is not to the people
but to whomevereliminated his competition.
And now he comes wanting us to support
his campaign promises he made to those who placed him in office.
Have we forgotten that just a few months ago
he was outright lying about his ability to keep the heights to six stories
or his statements of wanting our residential community
turned into a tourist one.
Have we forgotten that 626 Flatbush Ave
isn’t an affordable housing complex, it is a Luxury one,
with a small component of “affordable”,
paid with complete tax paper’s money
and that the current policy is still of this model!
Have we forgotten that when we asked him to support
our efforts to reduce 626 Flatbush Ave. height
he hid behind the “as of right”,
whereas other communities such as Windsor Terrace
and Washington heights have had their representatives
be successful at reducing“as or right” heights.
Now he comes to the same community wanting support,
wanting you to disregard your neighbors’ homes,
their investment, their community?
Put yourself in Sullivan Place shoes.
People who have lived here all their lives,
some born and raised,
where their home is their only investment,
now picture this beautifully sunny block forever in the shadows
– 12 hours of sunlight gone!
What about all the other homes boarding on Empire Blvd
and who sit a few hundred feet away.
The constant construction on Empire Blvd, pounding
at these 100 year old homes, causing leaks, cracks,
foundation issues, flooding,decreasing the value of their homes,
setting them up for lawsuits that would be years in the making.
What if that were your home? Your street?
What would you be willing to do to stop it?
Would you want your neighbor to say,
it is okay to build 25-35 story building right up against your property
lines in your backyard,
Would you want them to do that to you?
And what are you getting in return,
promises from Politicians, developers!
Did they keep those promisesbefore?
All those secret dealings that were suppose to produce results!
What about all those promises made in public (stadium)
did they keep those! No they did not!
And what could they promise you that
would allow you to turn your back on your neighbor,
to turn this community into high-rises,
crowded streets, traffic backed up for days,
no parking, increase health risk for all!
For the children for the elders.
We are talking about another 40-50 thousand people
(and this is a modest estimate).
What will you get in return?
We all use the same trains, the same sewage,
the same bus lines, the same streets.
City Planning doesn’t plan for that,
they just plan for buildings.
They say, there is a train station one block away,
this is a great place to build!
There is a bus line on this block,
this is a great place to build!
This is right up against the park, the garden
This is great place to build.
And what about the Park, the Garden
what about our unobstructed views
that will forever be gone.
A whole Ave of 626 Flatbushs all up and down
Washington Ave, Flatbush Ave.
Yes they can do it even there
because when our Lawyer looked further
Flatbush Ave corridor is not safe.
Check it out if you don’t believe me.
Do we now trust our politicians
who have never been there for us?
Do we now trust Developers?
Do we now trust City Planning?
Do we now turn our backs on our neighbors?
That is the question?
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