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A no parking sign? A fire hydrant? Mere street dressing when it comes to drivers with a DOT-issued Department of City Planning placard. Streetsblog observes that a yellow Porsche convertible parked on Seventh Avenue belongs to City Planning Commissioner Dolly Williams. Hello, Dolly indeed.
Streetsblog notes that Williams, Brooklyn's sole representative on the planning commission, "has been barred from participating in Kings County's most important recent land use processes." For instance, she can't attend Atlantic Yards project meeting because she has a $1 million investment in Bruce Ratner's Nets. And forget Gowanus Canal rezoning meeting, since she "owns land within the area that was to be rezoned."
Question: Will the city consider taking a cue from Thailand and make public officials who do shameful things wear Hello Kitty armbands? And the Parks Department has canceled 90 parking placards for Central Park's East Drive in an effort to reduce the overall number of vehicles in the park.
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Now we're cooking with Gas. good post.
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Will cops ticket her? or ignore it and put a ticket on a legally parked car? that was the scandal yesterday.
If this woman is doing nothing, why does she still have the placard? Anyone else notice the amount of NYPD placards on private vehicles in Times Square during the Broadway shows? They can't all be there to go to the precinct...
I was reading today about those Hello Kitty armbands for bad cops. I like it. I'd love to see a few officials with those on. Glad to see that Dolly is working hard for her flashy little Porsche.
marty markowitz appointed dolly. nice example of how low-lifes stay connected.
i'm glad gothamist posted this. i'm so sick and tired of this sort of thing.
You think someone will key it by, oh, say, 6 o'clock? Ya think?
Find out on tomorrow's episode, "Dolly Gets a Garage."
So what I'm hearing is Brooklyn's ONLY representative for City Planning has no say in the Atlantic Yards development? Who cares about parking near a hydrant when the future of Brooklyn is not even in the borough's hands!
This is a really great post.
Money and a yellow Porche do not impart class it seems. In fact, in this city, they seem to give whoever possesses them license to be tacky and inconsiderate. I get a strong whiff of white trash from this woman. The fake bake tan and bottle blonde hair aren't helping matters.
If she can afford the car, she can afford to park or pay her summonses.
She has some nerve.
Well, #8, given that she owns a stake in the Nets, if you're against the Atlantic Yards project, you should probably be glad she doesn't have a say...
#13 - of course. We deserve someone who IS independent, however. I would like to nominate myself. Who would like to go to Marty's office with me?
Someone needs to steal this car. We need a little touch of the good old days.
who's up for it?
Lovely how Fat Marty appointed someone who couldn't vote on AY. He's not as dumb as he looks, though I guess that would be impossible.
This is the kind of behavior that makes people cynical. The kleptocracy of those in power never ceases to amaze me. Isn't the same neck of the woods that the couple (cop and cop shooter) used to do the same thing in?
Robbery is too simple and actionable, Super-Glue in the door-locks!
She apparently has a thing for parking too close to fire hydrants, too.
Time for a small REVOLUTION. Nothing big - just a small group of 50 or so Park Slope Moms with their strollers and golden (match the car -- great photo op) retrievers chanting "We will overcome" and Cyndi Lauper "True Colors" while circling the ugly porche.
Honestly - this is out of control. Good news is that we are slowly seeing the facts dribble out. Would be interesting to see what "professional" endeavors Dolly has participated in which allow her a million spare and a classless porche... HMM investment in the nets and an appointment to the planning commission... Marty -- we can only hope that you have the sense to keep it on the low - unlike Dolly - cuz we are watching.
Thanks Gothamist!
future of Brooklyn
I have no love for the Nets and Atlantic Yard but if you want to be taken seriously you guys have to stop with the hyperbole about how every little change is going to destroy the world. Frankly, the Park Slope mommies and their I Banker husbands are doing plenty to ruin Brooklyn and the world.
While no. 20 - I do agree that sometimes folks get a bit carried away -- -tThis post is not about stalling change and lamenting every little nail in a building. But rather it is about an individual appointed to represent (I know, I know) the citizens and tax payers of Brooklyn - simply taking advantage.
Additionally, it seems that some interesting facts implicate Ms. Williams in a bit of conflict of interest - conflicts that might just have enriched her. That is intolerable and wrong and should be investigated. We have a right to call her on that.
And the car that she bought is just outright ugly.
Didn't her term expire at the end of June?
Robbery is too simple and actionable, Super-Glue in the door-locks!
Obviously posted by some bike riding hipster who hasn't driven a car since high school in the burbs! Ever heard of remote keyless entry? Even the cheapest Honda Civic has them now. She won't ever know it's been Super-Glued.
where does she live? she has brass one's parking a convertible in the streets. a quick slash and it's mucho damago.
I usually like to mess with cars side mirrors, the manual ones do no damage but the power ones I can hear the motor and gear damage. ripppppppp.
why do people even park in the street when they can obviously afford a garage is beyond me. maybe it's the arrogance of the placard.
That is screaming to become keyed!
haha I've thought about crazy glue in the past - I suppose a totally new set of locks would be in order!
Not only that, all you have to do is give a couple of blowjobs to the right people- like the whore across the street from me.
This woman should be arrested. Fuck her.
Why do I get the feeling she doesnt even care about getting a ticket or two. What's a couple hundred bucks to her?
And I wouldnt key the car; paint is easy to fix. How about slashing the convertible top?
Cheap bologna or luncheon meat contains enough nitrates to strip the paint off of a car if slices of meat are allowed to dry onto the finish.
Windshield - meet brick
She just reeks of mob ties..