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Letter to HPD
Commissioner Shaun Donovan
NYC Department of Housing Preservation &
Development
100 Gold Street
New York, NY 10038
November 14,
2008
Dear Commissioner Donovan:
Over the course of the summer, we as a community
devoted much effort to organizing a charrette that would have brought
together stakeholders to develop a vision for a redeveloped Broadway
Triangle. This charrette would have included over 100 community
leaders and residents from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, and
Williamsburg, reaching over racial, ethnic, and religious divides
between those communities. To bring together such diverse voices
would have been a historic event.
Unfortunately the event was postponed. This
postponement left residents frustrated and angry with the belief that
they would have no voice in shaping the largest development district
in their neighborhood.
Those who would have participated in the
September 3rd charrette are still waiting for their chance
to be heard. There is a broad consensus that we must find a new
opportunity for public participation in this process. With this aim
in mind, the Broadway Triangle Community Coalition (BTCC) has begun
planning another charrette, sponsored by community leaders, and has
scheduled it for Tuesday, December 2, 2008.
The members of the BTCC ask that the City
postpone the November 17th Broadway Triangle scoping
session for six weeks. This postponement will allow the community
enough time to hold its charrette and release its findings to the
public at large. Any documents presented at a scoping session that
have not emerged from a dialogue with the community will be considered
less than helpful.
We look forward to working with you to achieve a
new level of dialogue and inclusion in this most critical planning
process. It is our intention to proceed in this manner, and we ask
that the City respond in kind and make the necessary adjustments to
its timetable. It is all of our responsibility to make this a
successful collaboration.
Please send your response, by email and letter,
as soon as possible. Any response will be automatically forwarded to
the representatives of our member groups.
Sincerely,
Members, Broadway Triangle Community Coalition
St. Stephen’s United Church of God Outreach Inc.
Association of Hispanic Ministers
(Interdenominational)
Williamsburg Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Church
106 Gerry Street Tenants Association
St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church
All Saints Corp.
Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church
Nuestros Niños Child Development School
St. Lucy – St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church
St. Martin de Porres Roman Catholic Parish
United Neighbors Organization
Our Lady of Monserrate Roman Catholic Church
Bushwick United Headstart
Community & Parents Day Care
St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church
Cooper Park Tenants Association
St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corp.
Passionist Community of Our Lady of Monserrate
Roman Catholic Church
El Puente
All Saints Roman Catholic Church
Central Jewish Council
First Spanish Presbyterian Church
Los Sures Community Development Company, Inc.
Mary of Nazareth Roman Catholic Parish
United Jewish Community Advocacy Relations and
Enrichment (UJCARE)
Pratt Institute – Newman Club
41 Whipple Street Tenants Association
Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow
Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church
Passionist Center for Justice, Peace, and the
Integrity of Creation at North Brooklyn
Marcy Houses Tenant Association
St. Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church
Trinity Human Services
Our Lady of Good Counsel Roman Catholic Church
Primera Iglesia Getsemani
(Pentecostal)
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church
St. Michael – St. Edward Roman Catholic Church
Save Our Southside
Bushwick Housing Independence Project
Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, Counsel
(Full membership list in progress)
CC:
Congressman Edolphus Towns
Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez
State Senator Martin Connor
State Senator Martin Dilan
State Senator-elect Daniel Squadron
State Assemblyman Joseph Lentol
State Assemblyman Vito Lopez
Mayor Michael Bloomberg
Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber
City Comptroller William Thompson
Borough President Marty Markowitz
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum
City Councilmember Diana Reyna
City Councilmember Albert Vann
City Councilmember David Yassky
Amanda Burden, Chair, NYC Planning Commission
District Manager Gerald Esposito, Brooklyn CB 1
District Manager Charlene Phillips, Brooklyn CB 3
District Manager Nadine Whitted, Brooklyn CB 4
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