Gowanus rezoning plan: a developer’s ‘fantasy,’ advocates say
Gowanus residents who participated in a city effort to steer neighborhood rezoning told the Department of City Planning Thursday night that they feel betrayed by the draft proposal the agency ultimately released, claiming that officials left much of the community’s input on the table.
“I don’t feel that this representation that was presented this evening, or recently on your website, is really honest,” said Linda Mariano, founder of Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus, a group that participated in working groups organized by City Planning to provide feedback on community needs.
“I’m afraid that it is something more like a fantasy that politics and developers have constructed for this neighborhood.”