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The city is in the process of installing
three handicap spots at a
drop-off area located inside Marine
Park at the Carmine Carro
Community Center, a response to
separate petition authored by senior
advocate Carl Fischer, who
cobbled together about 100 signatures
from area elders.
The seniors complain that the
trek from the nearest public parking
spots on Fillmore Avenue to
the senior center is arduous in foul
weather, and argued that just a
couple parking spots would make a
world of difference.
“To walk up that hill, especially
in bad weather, became very much
of a problem,” said Fischer.
However, once Nunez discovered
the city’s scheme to accommodate
disabled oldsters, she launched her
own petition that quickly outpaced
Fischer’s. At the time of publishing,
the parental appeal has garnered
more than 800 signatures,
a reaction to the apparent danger
of inviting motorists down a path
frequented by youngsters, the mom
claims.
“This walkway is not only the
entrance into the playground it
is also the only path for children
to use to access the bathrooms,”
Nunez said. “Without community
input the parks department has approved
driving access into the park
through the walkway that is the
entrance to a playground that hundreds
of children play at daily.”
It bears mentioning that drivers
are already permitted to maneuver
down the paved walkway to the
Carro Center for pickups and drop
offs, and that the city only plans to
issue a meager 12 exclusive passes
for the three spots, which may get
axed anyway following a review
next year, according to the borough’s
chief parks honcho.
“We are not inviting a hundred
cars in, we are not creating a parking
lot,” said Brooklyn Parks Commissioner
Marty Maher . “Safety
is always first and foremost in anything
that we do in Parks, so like
I said we are going to monitor this
very closely, we are not going to put
people at risk.”
Fischer, meanwhile, said he’s
disappointed in the blowback from
parents, saying someone ought
to the think of the seniors for a
change.
“She is not thinking of the
needs of the people who have special
needs and would like to use the
premise like everyone else,” said
Fischer. “It will deprive seniors
of their need to have camaraderie
and a little companionship during
their day.”
The new handicap spots will go
into effect as part of a yearlong pilot
program beginning Feb. 1 and
concluding Jan. 31, 2021.
term, and he’s setting his sights on
Washington.
Clarke currently holds the congressional
seat — which has jurisdiction
over Park Slope, Sheepshead
Bay, Crown Heights, and Flatbush —
but a number of wannabe Congress
members have already declared
their intention to challenge her in
the 2020 Democratic Primary.
The orthodox Jewish councilman
— who describes himself as a “conservative
Democrat” — has a track
record of voting against the Democratic
party line, often drawing criticism
from the party’s progressive
factions.
Deutsch has a controversial voting
history that marked him as an
outlier when comparied to many of
his more liberal colleagues serving
on the City Council.
The lawmaker drew the ire of progressives
and gay-rights advocates
after he voted against a spate of pro-
LGBT legislation — including a bill
that would ban conversion therapy
in the Five Boroughs, saying that
people should have a “choice,” according
to Gay City News.
The Sheepshead Bay councilman
also opposed a city resolution to
close Rikers Island prison complex
and shepherd inmates to smaller
jails across the city — which ultimately
passed despite his “no” vote
Sheepshead Bay Councilman Chaim Deutsch
fi led to run for New York’s 9th congressional
district. Photo courtesy Chaim Deutsch
in October.
With the Tuesday announcement,
Deutsch joins a handful of candidates
who have declared primary
runs to represent New York’s Ninth
District, including from progressive
activist Adem Bunkededekko — who
also ran for the seat in 2018, but lost
narrowly to Clarke.
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