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BY CHANDLER KIDD
The Parks Department formally
apologized to the family
of a slain cyclist after unceremoniously
removing a
“ghost bike” memorial from
Marine Park that honored the
deceased biker.
“On behalf of NYC Parks,
I sincerely apologize that the
Robert Sommer’s ghost bike
memorial was removed without
contacting the family beforehand,”
said Borough Parks
Commissioner Martin Maher.
“The removal was not intended
as an affront to those
mourning Robert’s passing.
We respect his memory, and
will ensure that other memorials
in our parks are handled
with care and sensitivity.”
Parks’ mea culpa follows
harsh criticism from a relative
of Sommer, who condemned the
agency for was she described
as an outlandish slight.
“Here we are today unable to
understand what I can only
describe as the equivalent of
grave robbery,” said Myrna
Roman, Sommer’s step-aunt.
“This act is heartbreaking and
outrageous at the same time.”
Park’s offi cials removed
the haunting tribute to the
29-year-old cyclist — who a
driver struck on May 12 at
Avenue U and E. 33rd Street
near Brooklyn’s biggest park
— on July 9, according to a
spokeswoman, who claimed
the ghost bike violated park
rules banning “unattended
personal belongings.”
Following it’s removal, a
representative for the Parks
Department told the New York
City Street Memorial Project,
which installed the Marine
Park memorial, along with
dozens of other ghost bikes
throughout the city, that the
agency allowed “impromptu
memorials” a one-month grace
period before removing them,
leading member Steve Scofi
eld to complain that the bike,
which was installed on June
25, had only been up for two
weeks.
A Parks Department
spokeswoman later confi rmed
that the rep had misspoke, and
confi rmed that a new policy instituted
by agency head Mitchell
Silver in April gives memorials
a two-week grace period,
before they’re removed.
For the time it was allowed
to remain in Marine Park,
Sommer’s ghost bike provided
a place for the slain cyclist’s
family to gather and share their
grief. Last week, Sommer’s sister,
Janine, fl ew in with her
family from Florida, while his
brother, Thomas, drove down
with his wife and two daughters
from upstate. They met
with Sommer’s father, Robert,
and stepmother, Carmen, to
decorate the memorial and remember
their lost loved one,
according to Roman.
“After we were done we
said a prayer. We thanked God
for the kindnesses, selfl essness,
and generosity of friends,
strangers, NYC Street Memorial
Project, and the Park
Department Rangers,” said
Roman, who noted that local
Parks Department rangers stationed
at the green space had
been supportive of Sommer’s
ghost bike.
“They assured me that as
long as there are no burning
candles and we keep the area
clean and safe the memorial
could remain,” Roman said.
“There exist miserable, malcontent
misfi ts who only understand
destruction. Thank
goodness not all of us are like
them.”
This isn’t the fi rst time the
city has drawn heat for removing
the white-painted memorials
to slain cyclists. The Department
of Sanitation backed off a
controversial policy of trashing
the bikes after advocates rallied
in 2010, leading the agency
to institute new rules exempting
ghost bikes from being labeled
as derelict, according to a
Streetsblog report.
Sommer was one of 15 cyclists
killed in the city this
year, of whom 11 died in Brooklyn,
including 28-year-old
Devra Freelander and 57-yearold
Ernest Askew, who died
just days apart.
Mea culpa for bike removal
Parks Department issues apology after removing memorial
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