Friends,

As you know, New York City is embarking on a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reimagine and redesign the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, from the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge through the Kosciuszko Bridge.

Just last week, the State Senate passed a budget resolution that included my proposal to require New York State to partner with the City in its work to reimagine the entire highway, from top-to-bottom. While urgent work must be done to fix the city-owned triple cantilever, we cannot condemn future generations to the continued impacts of widespread asthma, terrifyingly crumbling highways, and freight truck traffic flooding our streets along the rest of the state-owned portions of the highway. We need a corridor-wide solution that involves all levels of government coming together. 

We can only undo the harms caused by Robert Moses by centering the communities that have borne the brunt of the highway’s impacts. Input from community members in the neighborhoods most impacted by the BQE is crucial in this process. To date, thousands of neighbors have made their voices heard at DOT workshops, community meetings, and walking tours throughout the entirety of the highway’s corridor.

Tonight, many of our community members will be attending a workshop focusing on BQE South – the portions from the Verrazzano Bridge to Atlantic Avenue - and I’d love for you to join us. You can come out in person at 6.30 pm tonight at P.S. 24 (427 38th St) in Sunset Park, and/or virtually at 6.30 pm on March 30th.

Sincerely,

Andrew

Andrew for New York

725 70th Street, Apt C1

Brooklyn, New York 11228

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