The Department of Transportation will announce initiatives to improve safety along Delancey Street at a special meeting of Community Board 3 tonight. Four people familiar with the project told DNAinfo that the changes will include wider sidewalks, different signal timing, and improved traffic patterns. "We're going to see significant safety improvements on Delancey Street in months, not years," State Senator Daniel Squadron said. "This is a quick and dramatic proposal."
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And the Staten Island Congressional race is set: It will be Democrat Michael McMahon, who bested Stephen Harrison, 74% to 26%, and Republican Robert Straniere, who had 59% to Jamshad Wyne's 41%.Other winners include Adriano Espaillat over Miguel Martinez in State Assembly District 72 and Inez Barron (wife of Charles) for State Assembly District 40 . Efrain Gonzalez, the State Senator indicted for mail fraud, lost to Pedro Esapda in State Senate District 33. More here.
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Finally: Sweeping Safety Improvements Planned For Dangerous Delancey Street
Family Of 12-Year-Old Killed On Delancey Raising Money For Funeral
The grandmother of 12-year-old Dashane Santana, who was struck and killed by a car crossing Delancey Street last week, is in the midst of raising the $8,500 for Dashane's funeral while she grieves for her granddaughter. "Right now we need about $3,000 by Tuesday," Teresa Pedroza tells us. "It's coming in little by little." Pedroza has sold candy and gone door-to-door asking for donations, which yielded around $600. She hopes that two fundraisers she's organizing, one today and another tomorrow, will be enough. "All this is out of the blue. Her birthday is in February—we're supposed to be celebrating that. Now I'm planning a funeral."
Downtowners Disgusted By Drumming, Defecation From Occupy Wall Street
"These protesters are destroying our neighborhood. This 'good neighbor' policy? Good neighbors pay rent!" A smattering of applause was swallowed by a chorus of boos after 26-year-old Frank Calvosa spoke at last night's CB 1 Quality of Life Committee meeting. Calvosa was one of around ten people who spoke condemning Occupy Wall Street's presence in Lower Manhattan, and they were outnumbered. Resident Garrett McConnell took the mic shortly after: "Who are these people who live in Manhattan expecting peace and quiet? New York is loud, dirty, and fabulous!"
Senator Squadron Takes A Stand On Chinatown's Putrid Puddle Problem
When a single gross puddle forms in say, Chelsea, the community bands together to eradicate the pestilence before an errant Christian Louboutin is senselessly killed. In Chinatown however, puddles seem insignificant when entire city blocks reek of decay. State Senator Daniel Squadron thinks this is unacceptable: a recent report on "ponding" (like "planking" but with more loogies) conducted by his office showed that Chinatown has an array of nasty perma-puddles that just won't go away. 93 of them "had not drained within 48 hours of a rainfall."
Alternative Income Sources for Brooklyn Bridge Park Rankle
How to pay the $16 million-a-year costs to run Brooklyn Bridge Park has been vexing Brooklyn since a 2002 agreement between the city and the state decided that the park would have to fund its maintenance budget without touching the city's coffers. One highly-charged option has been to build a few 20-30 story luxury buildings on the park's edges to pay the maintenance fees. But because of intense opposition to the idea Brooklyn Bridge Park has been exploring other options with the help of consulting firm Bay Area Economics (BAE). The first draft of their proposal was presented yesterday (you can read it below) and it isn't exactly going over well.
Brooklyn Bridge Park Narrows Down Its Options
Brooklyn Bridge Park costs $16 million a year to operate. Every year. The city has put its foot down and said the park needs to come up with the cash without dipping into the city's coffers. Those facts are the heart of the debate still raging over the future of the nascent park and its surroundings. Now, with the city authorizing Bay Area Economics to review nine non-condo alternatives by February, things are finally, maybe, a touch closer to settled.
New Law Would Crack Down on Rowdy Nightspots
Who cares about passing a boring old budget, when the wild NYC nightlife desperately needs policing? A recently-passed bill en route to Governor Paterson's desk would enable the State Liquor Authority to shut down nightspots if police are called six times within 60 days for excessive noise and disorderly conduct. The Villager reports that the bill's main sponsor is Democratic Senator Daniel Squadron, who represents Lower Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn, and who used to own a bar himself, called What Bar on the Upper West Side. But now this self-hating ex-bar owner is working overtime for the Shush Police, just as Steve Lewis predicted.
Primary Results: Silver, Towns, Squadron Win
Times Says It's Time for Sheldon Silver to Go
The NY Times doled out a few endorsements for Albany-related primaries. The Times endorsed former Schumer aide and "enthusiastic new outsider" Daniel Squadron for incumbent State Senator Martin Connor's 25th District seat and endorsed incumbent Assemblyman Adriano Esapaillat for his 72nd Assembly District over challenger City Councilman Miguel Martinez.
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