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politics1d ago
NYC residents in hot nabe demand judges give up parking lot to provide crucial amenity
- Advocates press to transform Columbus Park from judge parking to a public green space in Downtown Brooklyn.
- Councilman Lincoln Restler proposes repurposing the parking spaces to create a new 8-acre park.
- Restler has secured about $21 million of funding and urges a citywide review of judges' parking spaces.
- Downtown Brooklyn faces limited parkland amid new development and growing demand for green space.
- Activists argue that more green space is essential for the community and future development.
- Restler argues judges are powerful and earlier administrations discouraged challenging them.
- The plan includes a garden, lawn, and pavilion as part of the park transformation.
- City officials reference a previously approved 2008 agreement affecting parking plans near the courts.
- Proposed funding includes 21 million already allocated with potential planning of a broader review.
- Community groups emphasize that parks provide essential green space for residents amid urban growth.
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