In the early morning hours of Dec. 28, 2013, a construction crew sent by the City of New York and NYSE-listed developer iStar Financial bulldozed a decades-old community garden. This lawsuit was brought on behalf of nearly fifty local West Coney Island community…
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Update on the Boardwalk Community Garden Case
By Seth Korman, attorney, New York Environmental Law and Justice Project Update on Coney Island Boardwalk Garden Case, August 25 Our case against the city and developer iStar financial continues. There have been a few small developments as of recent,…
Notes on the 12/15 Boardwalk Community Garden Hearing
On Monday December 15th the Boardwalk Community Garden case had its day in court. Given the limited nature of the hearing, we were only able to convey to Judge Sweeney the major parts of the case, and in quite broad…
PACK THE COURT! Stand with Boardwalk Community Garden
After the previous judge recused himself, the Boardwalk Community Garden has a new judge and a new court date! Please help us PACK THE COURT and show Judge Peter Paul Sweeney how important this case is to the future of…
Boardwalk Community Garden Lawsuit Update
By NYCCGC President Ray Figueroa MARK YOUR CALENDARS & SPREAD THE WORD – COME OUT TO THE RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCE at 10:30 AM and to PACK THE COURTROOM at 12:15 PM on MONDAY, the 15TH of DECEMBER at BROOKLYN (KINGS COUNTY) STATE…
Boardwalk Community Garden Lawsuit Update
On Tuesday, June 10th, 2014, NYCCGC joined together with a coalition of Coney Island residents and community gardeners to pack Kings County Supreme Court, in support of our lawsuit against the City’s decision to approve and fund a $53 million…
Pack the Courtroom in Solidarity with Boardwalk Community Garden
Join Boardwalk Community Garden and NYCCGC at their court hearing: Tuesday, June 10, 9:30AM Brooklyn State Supreme Court 360 Adams Street, Courtroom 441 By Raymond Figueroa-Reyes and Aziz Dekhan At approximately 4:00 am on December 28, 2013, bulldozers, owned by the developer…
UPDATE ON BOARDWALK GARDEN COURT CASE
May 1, 2014 For Immediate Release Contact: Aziz Dehkan, Executive Director, New York City Community Garden Coalition (NYCCGC) Contact Information: Aziz Dehkan, NYCCGC Executive Director phone: 973.222.5413 email: eighty20group@gmail.com BOARDWALK COMMUNITY GARDEN FILES SUIT AGAINST THE CITY, REACHES AGREEMENT…
Updated….News Links to Boardwalk Garden Bulldozing
Follow the continuing story here: https://news.google.com/news/story?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=coney+island+bulldozed&ncl= dUYg8OveunHIG7MUTM1nNoAKbmXlM&cf=all&scoring=d Two videos during bulldozing & our press conference: http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/community-garden-razed-in-coney-island-after-dispute-with-city-1.6685904 http://brooklyn.news12.com/news/coney-island-residents-rally-after-demolition-of-community-garden-along-boardwalk-1.6693476 And follow us on our Twitter feed: @NYCCGC https://twitter.com/
Ode to Boardwalk Community Garden from Karen Washington
This is an open letter to the injustices that continue to plague low-income neighborhoods. Many times it has been said that history has a tendency to repeat itself. Recently a developer in Brooklyn was given the rights to develop an amphitheater on…