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May 1, 2007
TODAY: Duffield St. Hearing
City Hall
10AM, Press Conference on the City Hall steps with Councilmembers and supporters of the Duffield Street owners.
11AM, Hearing
Come out for the hearing to help save the Duffield St. homes from seizure by eminent domain. The City is planning to condemn 227 and 233 Duffield Street to build more parking in Downtown Brooklyn, despite evidence that these historial homes were part of the Underground Railroad network and that the firm hired to evaluate these claims, AKRF, lied and withheld evidence.
AKRF is the same firm that wrote the Atlantic Yards Environmental Impact Statement, which dozens of neighborhood advocacy and public-interest groups have found to be flawed and incomplete.
Today's hearing is being held by the NY City Council's Landmarks Subcomittee, chaired by Councilman Leroy Comrie, and will cover AKRF's report on the Underground Railroad findings.
More information can be found here: http://nyprotest.flactivist.org/?p=7262.
Posted by lumi at May 1, 2007 10:16 AM