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Brooklyn Greenway Initiative is working to build the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway and expand greenways in NYC
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We’ll be direct: fourteen years is TOO LONG TO WAI
For 10 years, the landscape at the Naval Cemetery
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14 years and four mayors — that's how long Brookly
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![We’ll be direct: fourteen years is TOO LONG TO WAIT for a greenway. BGI executive director Hunter Armstrong stood alongside elected officials @rep_velazquez @dangoldmanforny @alexaforcouncil @bkbpreynoso as well as @brooklyncb7 and community organizers on May 4th to celebrate the opening of the 20-block section of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway from Sunset Park to Red Hook. After *more than a decade* of advocating for safe infrastructure. Our @nydailynews op-ed shares more: “[Opening of the new greenway segment is] a genuine reason to celebrate, and an early and very encouraging indication of the Mamdani Administration’s commitment to developing the city’s greenway system. But before we toss the confetti, it’s worth sitting with an uncomfortable fact: this greenway was promised to New Yorkers by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in 2012. Fourteen years, four mayors, and more than a decade of community advocacy separates that promise from Monday’s ribbon-cutting.” BGI and our colleague-members of @nyc.greenways established the NYC Greenways Scorecard for accountability. Read more via link in bio. #brooklyn #greenway #redhook #sunsetpark](http://i0.wp.com/www.brooklyngreenway.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png?w=800&ssl=1)