Here are links to the coverage of the press conference, a coalition of co9mmunity groups convened by New Yorkers fora Human Scale City that included Citizens Defending Libraries bringing a goodly number of Library Defenders (and some banners and signs) to the crowd. We called for a halt to and an investigation of the
"pay to play" deals running rampant in this city under Mayor de Blasio's administration. Obviously, some of the most significant assets targeted in these dispible deals plundering our public assest are our libraries.
VIDEO:
• NY1: Community Group Call for End to Backdoor Deals Between Real Estate Developers, City Leaders, Thursday, May 5, 2016
• News12 Brooklyn: De Blasio questioned over campaign contributions, Crystal Walker reporting, May 4, 2016
• NY1: (Earlier reporting on Monday of Brooklyn Heights Library deal as violation of January 8, 2014 Conflict of Interest Board Letter) As Feeding Frenzy Elevates NY1 Covers DeBlasio “Pay To Play” Violation: Taking Campaign Contributions From Kramer’s Hudson Companies While Handing Out Brooklyn Heights Library Deal- Marvel Architects Runs But Can’t Hide, Monday, May 2, 2016
PRESS:
• Daily News: Activist groups decry Mayor de Blasio's `pay-to-play' culture which favors developers over neighborhood residents, BY Greg B. Smith, May 4, 2016
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/mayor-de-blasio-fosters-pay-to-play-culture-activists-claim-article-1.2625399
• New York Post: Civic groups ask Bharara to create panel to probe `pay-to-play' culture, by Yoav Gonen, May 5, 2016
SEE RELATED COMMUNITY GROUP EVENT (LATER SAME DAY) COVERAGE:
• It's All Connected! Community Meeting In Brooklyn Heights to Inveigh Against Over-development and Trickery By Brooklyn Bridge Park Board, Marvel Architects. Connect The Dots To Libraries, Wednesday, May 4, 2016
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| BrooklynNews12: "Time to reacquire our democracy." |
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| Unfortunately for him, Councilman Steve Levin hose this time to show his face leaving City Hall having done a backroom deal with de Blasio and his "pat to pay" developer to sell the Brooklyn Heights Library. |
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