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November 28, 2011
Permit Parking Splits Brooklyn Politicians
City Hall News
by Stephen Witt
Yes, even that Stephen Witt can play it straight when he wants to.
[Councilmember Letitia] James, who has long advocated permit parking in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, argued it is needed more than ever, with out-of-district drivers sure to be looking for parking during events at the Barclays Center arena when it opens at the Atlantic Yards development site.
But [Councilmember Al] Vann said permit parking would hurt the bordering working-class neighborhoods.
“I fear that residential parking permits for the area directly surrounding Atlantic Yards would have a significant negative impact on neighborhoods slightly further away, like Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights,” Vann said in a statement. “It would create an incentive for commuters to park in these neighborhoods as an alternative, and would also open the door to requiring New Yorkers to pay for parking in their own communities and throughout the entire city.”
NoLandGrab: Had Al Vann thought of that earlier, maybe he could have spoken out against Atlantic Yards and the traffic and parking problems it will surely create.
Posted by eric at November 28, 2011 11:31 AM