Buyer Beware This Is A Park!

BIP 0719 rally 006 web — The wish to have more open green space for the kids of North Bk is a major inspiration behind the push for the park

The Friends of Bushwick Park are keeping the pressure on to sew up the missing piece of the Bushwick Inlet Park. Since Mayor de Blasio made the $100M offer to the Norm

BIP 0719 rally 002 web — At the Buyer Beware Rally (l ro r) Minna Elias(Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s Chief of Staff), Council Member Stephen Levin, Assemblymember Lentol, __________, Senator Martin Malavé Dilan

Brodsky: a daily countdown clock ticks down to the August 8^th deadline; 40 neighbors plus Rep. Carolyn Maloney and Borough President Eric Adams pitched tents and camped out despite a downpour; and a Buyer Beware Rally was held the day before Mr. Brodsky’s deadline for his “highest bidder auction”.

The same day as the Buyer Beware Rally Brodsky was seen toasting his auction’s success and tweeting snark at park advocates. As of this printing he has yet to reveal the winning bidder of this auction.

At the rally Senator Dilan and Assemblymember Lentol stated that if the Mayor’s offer went unanswered they would encourage a move to Eminent Domain legislation.

Attorney Adam Perlmutter voiced some clarification on how the city came to their offer of $100M, and claimed based on real market figures, the property’s zoning, and other criteria that the parcel was valued at $46M–$114M.

Caveat Emptor!