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Can You Believe a Few People Are Still Suing to Rip Out This Bike Lane?
It was just about five years ago that attorneys with the law firm Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, working pro bono on behalf of some people with ties to Senator Chuck Schumer, filed suit against the city for installing the Prospect Park West bike lane. In August 2011, Kings County Supreme Court Judge Bert Bunyan dismissed the suit, but not before bike lane opponents battered DOT and its bike program in the press for several months through various surrogates.
February 25, 2016
Iris Weinshall on Marty Markowitz: “He’s a Creep… Always Has Been”
So today we've been reviewing all the cynical ploys that former DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall, former First Deputy Mayor Norman Steisel, and former Brooklyn College dean Louise Hainline used in their attempt to reverse the public planning process that produced the Prospect Park West bike lane. The lawsuit that's back in the news today is the centerpiece of their sweeping body of work, and right now, the centerpiece of the lawsuit is an affidavit that Borough President Marty Markowitz submitted at the 11th hour in the summer of 2011.
December 20, 2012
Markowitz: Loosen Downtown BK Parking Regs for Older Buildings Too
Borough President Marty Markowitz wants to reduce parking minimums in Downtown Brooklyn, and he thinks developers should be able to convert existing parking spots to other uses.
August 16, 2012
Fox 5 Anchors Scotto and Kelly Set New Low for NYC Transpo Reporting
Fox 5's Good Day New York unleashed a torrent of bile for bike, bus, and pedestrian improvements, seasoned with a healthy dose of unprofessionalism, in a pair of segments focused on bike-share this morning.
May 9, 2012
Next Week: Fourth Avenue Task Force Talks Transportation
Right now, Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue is known for its speedway design and anti-urban architecture. But Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz hopes to turn the road into a grand "Brooklyn Boulevard" and in August, he established a task force charged with planning the street's future. This Monday, the task force's transportation and traffic committee will hold its first meeting, charting a course going forward.
November 11, 2011
Marty Markowitz Chooses the Perfect Moment to Jump Into PPW Lawsuit
How's this for some impeccable timing? Less than 48 hours before the next scheduled court date in the Prospect Park West case, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is inserting himself into the proceedings in an attempt to keep the tenuous suit from being thrown out.
July 19, 2011
Calling the PPW Redesign a “Trial”? That Was Brooklyn Borough Hall’s Idea
Here we are again, a few days away from a court hearing that could finally put the Prospect Park West lawsuit to bed. At issue in Brooklyn Supreme Court next Wednesday will be the seemingly tangential matter of whether the redesign of Prospect Park West was designated a "trial" or "pilot" project by NYC DOT. If it was not, the plaintiffs' case has no standing in court, because the statute of limitations ran out a few months before they filed their complaint.
July 14, 2011
Read All About It: Victims’ Loved Ones Fed Up With Markowitz
For some reason this piece by Jake Pearson in today's Daily News didn't make it into the online edition, but here's a look at what they printed on page 33...
February 10, 2011