[Nyclocal] Fwd: Petition against privatization in Union Square Park

[William Wharton]

--- rob hollander <lesrrd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:37:18 -0400
> From: "rob hollander" <lesrrd at gmail.com>
> Subject: Petition against privatization in Union
> Square Park
> 
> Friends and neighbors,
> 
> Please take a moment to sign a petition to preserve
> public space in Union
> Square Park:
> 
> http://www.revbilly.com/petition/
> 
> *Please sign the petition opposing the construction
> of a private, up-scale
> restaurant in Union Square Park.* There are scores
> of restaurants and places
> to eat surrounding the Union Square Park, so there
> is no need for
> another restaurant in the pavilion. The pavilion
> itself should be
> refurbished and returned to the public for community
> and children's
> activities.  The expropriation of scarce public land
> and facilities is not
> yet regulated by the City Council. It should be.
> 
> The City, local BIDs and the Parks Department are
> increasing their attempts
> to alienate public parkland for commercial use.
> Every piece of our
> fast-disappearing parkland and facilities is
> precious and its loss
> contributes to the deterioration of the quality of
> life for City residents
> and their families—who, by the way, pay taxes to
> support the much-needed
> amenity of free and open access to all parts of our
> parkland. Under this
> administration, the score of parkland takeovers for
> commercial purposes is
> rising at an alarming rate. The City supports such
> schemes, and the City
> Council seems unaware of how much of our green space
> is slipping away from
> public to private use.
> 
> Without an official antidote and regulation of the
> Parks Department's
> privatization agenda, the public interest will
> continue to be ignored. The
> City Council must ensure an administrative process
> to oversee the
> out-of-control Parks Department.
> 
> *Please click on the following link to sign the
> petition and pass it on to
> your contacts*:
> http://www.revbilly.com/petition/
> 
> *Thank you for your participation*.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Rob Hollander
> Lower East Side Residents for Responsible
> Development
> http://savethelowereastside.blogspot.com/
> 622 E 11, #10
> NYC, 10009
> 212-228-6152
>