Velazquez seeks to protect city’s industrial waterfront
Most of the waterfront-related legislation that has been proposed in the wake of Superstorm Sandy has dealt with securing Coney Island, Rockaway and other beachfront areas.
Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-Brooklyn), on the other hand, is proposing legislation aimed at protecting the industrial waterfront, such as the Red Hook Containerport and Bush Terminal, as well as waterfront parks like Brooklyn Bridge Park and Hudson River Park and inland waterways like the Gowanus Canal.
Flanked by community leaders from Red Hook and Sunset Park, she announced her “Waterfront of Tomorrow Act” at Pier 6 at Brooklyn Bridge on Tuesday, only a few hours before heading to Washington to introduce the bill.