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April 8, 2007
City Council Continues to Waffle on Underground Railroad Safehouses
The Daily Gotham
Yero on the Daily Gotham would like to bring your attention to a City Council Hearing for the Duffield Street Underground Railroad safe houses. If only someone knew when the hearing would take place.
The Why:
Downtown Brooklyn was a well known Abolitionist neighborhood and was the home of several churches that resisted legalized slavery in this country. Residents claim that the historical record shows that their homes were safehouses of the Underground Railroad. The New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) is slobbering at the bit to transform this rich history into an access road for a hotel and underground parking lot.
The City Council is planning a hearing to discuss this and you'd think they'd want the public to be able to participate. You might be mistaken. The hearing was first scheduled for April 11 but then rescheduled for May 1st -- unless it's April 17th.
Posted by steve at April 8, 2007 8:22 AM