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I am only just learning about the destruction of East River Park in #NY10 Almost 1000 trees were targeted too? #SaveEastRiverPark 
Holy cow, has @CarlinaRivera made a statement yet to why this park destruction happened under her watch? #NY10
"In 2019, more than 1,800 tenants in NYC Housing Authority apartments signed a petition expressing concerns about the park’s redevelopment." - NYTIMES #NY10
THREAD: East River Park is one of the largest parks in NYC and serves a vibrant, diversified community of the Lower East Side and East Village, this history is meant as an explainer as to why there is such an uproar about it. #SaveEastRiverPark #blizzard2022
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2/ According to Margarita Lopez, CM D2 (1998 - 2006): ERP was closed to be renovated in 2001, flood protection was included. Hurricane Sandy storm surges exceeded what the 2001 protections were designed to withstand. #SaveEastRiverPark #blizzard2022
3/ In 2005, rebuilding was promised with 2 yrs. Delays did not attract much complaint from the neighborhood as it had been closed for so long already. The esplanade was reopened to the public in 2011, 10 years later.
#SaveEastRiverPark #blizzard2022
gothamgazette.com/development/33…
#SaveEastRiverPark #blizzard2022
gothamgazette.com/development/33…
