REMARKS
Council Member Brannan emphasizes the importance of waterfront transit in NYC
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Council Member Brannan concludes by emphasizing the importance of waterfront transit in New York City. He highlights the success of the Bay Ridge ferry and advocates for further investment in ferry services, particularly for Coney Island.
- Reminds that NYC is a city of waterfronts with 4 out of 5 boroughs being islands
- Cites the Bay Ridge ferry as a game-changer for Southern Brooklyn
- Criticizes the disconnect between promoting Coney Island's appeal and reluctance to invest in its transportation infrastructure
Justin L. Brannan
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Right?
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Okay.
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I don't wanna take up all the time, but there's, you know, in a city of concrete and asphalt, I think we forget that it's the city of waterfronts, right, 4 5 boroughs.
1:50:20
4 of them are islands are connected to 1.
1:50:23
You know, I saw bringing an express ferry to Bay Ridge has been an absolute game changer.
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There's no quicker way to get to Manhattan from Southern Brooklyn than by the ferry in Bay Ridge.
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You know, I think the mayor likes to talk a lot about how cool and hip all these places are and and, you know, like, Kony Island.
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Everyone talks about Kony Island.
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How great it is.
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Everyone's gotta come to Kony Island.
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But then when it comes to investing money in Kony Island, we we start getting excuses So we're gonna fight really hard on that.
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We wanna see it happen.
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Impossible for us to believe that this is you know, it's just impossible for us to believe that it would cost this much money.
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So we look forward to working with you on that, and appreciate your partnership.
Michelle Lamberti
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Thank you for your question.
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And also for your advocacy around Kony Island.
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We know how interested your community is, and Barry, who share the passion about Barry.
1:51:09
I just wanted to specify with respect to like the study and the really high cost, the $250,000,000.
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That would not be my understanding is for the Ferry Landing.
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I can't speak to what prior administrations had done with respect to the study, but our understanding that that was more with respect to wave attenuation, so it's really was building a very, very long seawall.
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James, the team might know better.
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It was, like, 3 football fields, I think, in order to make landing at that site safe to be able to bring boats in.
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So just wanted to to clarify for you and to know that we really do take it.
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Seriously, we're not looking to throw up Well,
Justin L. Brannan
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I've I've got no problem going in building a coalition and fighting to find the money.
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I I think I do that pretty well, but it's we need to land on a price that we actually can all rally around.
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And I think The $250,000,000 price is like if you don't wanna sell your house, you sell it, you put it up on for 250 because no one's gonna buy it.
1:52:01
Right?
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So we wanna get to a spot where we can all agree on on the feasibility on what it would actually cost.
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So then we could go and try to access some of this money, federal, state money, whatever it may be.
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Alright.
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Thank you.
