Dyker homeowner starts petition to protest rain gardens
DYKER HEIGHTS — The de Blasio administration’s plan to install rain gardens on sidewalks across the five boroughs is all wet, according to one homeowner who is trying to fight City Hall.
John DeAngelo, a Dyker Heights resident, has organized a petition drive against the Department of Environmental Protection’s rain garden plan and has collected 135 signatures to date in less than a month. “I can get a lot more,” he told the Home Reporter.
DEP is currently scouting locations in Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights for rain gardens as part of the city’s ongoing effort to make New York more environmentally-friendly.