[passcoalition] Re: Update, 7th Ave and 23rd Street

  • From: "Maria Hansen" <mhansen1@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 11:05:49 -0400

Karen,
I wonder if de Blasio can issue some sort of stop work order.  
I had emailed him a while back but he probably never saw the post.
I am guessing that our issues come under his job description.
Maria 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Karen Gourgey 
  To: passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 8:20 AM
  Subject: [passcoalition] Re: Update, 7th Ave and 23rd Street


  Maria,

   

  He does work for Bill de Blasio; he is the Public Advocate's Director of 
Intergovernmental Affairs.  He definitely should start advocating for our 
interests  We can trhy to get a pre-conference conversation with him to bring 
him up to speed.

   

  Karen

  .  

   


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  From: passcoalition-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:passcoalition-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Maria Hansen
  Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 12:38 AM
  To: passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [passcoalition] Re: Update, 7th Ave and 23rd Street

   

  Karen,

  Does this Jose Davila who will be participating in the panel work for Bill de 
Blasio?  If so, he should start advocating for our interests.

  Maria

   

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: Pratik Patel 

    To: passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 

    Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 11:54 PM

    Subject: [passcoalition] Re: Update, 7th Ave and 23rd Street

     

    Hello all,

     

    I believe Annalyns questions and her sense of anger captures my sense on 
this issue as well. It may be time that we do something other than talk with 
Mats office and the DOT.

     

    Regards,

     

    Pratik

     

     

    From: passcoalition-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:passcoalition-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Annalyn
    Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 11:41 PM
    To: passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Subject: [passcoalition] Re: Update, 7th Ave and 23rd Street

     

    I am sorry to be responding so late.  I had a night lesson.

    As a Visions staff member I will try to remember and relate the events.  I 
originally learned about the DOT plans for "safety improvements" for 7th and 
23rd when Ken mentioned it on this list.  A DOT person had sent an email, on 
the day of the community board meeting, to a Visions case manager at Selis 
Manor.  This case manager often arranges speakers for the Senior Speak Out 
program and I believe, but do not know for certain, that this is how she came 
to receive the email from DOT.  This past Monday, Colleen Chattergoon of DOT  
again emailed the same case manager to let her know work will begin on April 11 
and when it's completed she will call to set up a meeting.  Colleen's email 
does not reveal her title but it seems she is a DOT Education person who will 
arrange for an educational meeting once the work is complete. Colleen's email 
was forwarded to Nancy Miller who told her to stop contacting Visions staff.  
Nancy gave Karen's name as the PASS representative and Joyce Carrico as the 
president of the Selis Tenants Association.  Nancy also cc'd Mike Godino, Gene, 
Matt Sapolin and a few others.

    It's pretty infuriating that DOT thinks all they have to do is give a 
warning about the work being done and stop by when it's complete for an 
informational meeting.  

    Gene has spent time preparing a well documented presentation regarding the 
need for adaptations to intersections.  This has been shared with the powers 
that be along with the question "How do we become part of the process?"  I 
think it is time to change the question to "Why isn't the law being followed?  
The need has been demonstrated by Gene's survey and the list of APS requests.  
PASS has defined the problem, presented the solution and suggested specialists 
like Janet Barlow be hired to provide the type of education needed.  I also 
think it's time to give up on getting help from Matt Sapolin's office.  We 
would like a cooperative relationship but it isn't happening.  It's time to 
decide who at DOT should receive a call on Friday morning.  Has anyone talked 
to Margaret Newman this week?  How much longer do we want to wait to be invited 
to the table?  What kind of public action are we prepared to take?

    Annalyn

     

     

     

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Gene Bourquin DHA <oandmhk@xxxxxxx>
    To: PASS listserv <passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: Thu, Apr 7, 2011 10:15 pm
    Subject: [passcoalition] Re: Update, 7th Ave and 23rd Street

    Ray, I think your analogy is apt. 

     

    I believe that folks at Visions have now spoken to the DOT education person 
and that channel of communication has stopped.  But the waiter is still not 
talking to us, but has promised to send a note to our table.

     

    Check please!


    Gene 
     
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    > From: rwayne1@xxxxxxxxxx
    > To: passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    > Subject: [passcoalition] Re: Update, 7th Ave and 23rd Street
    > Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 22:10:21 -0400
    > 
    > Am I understanding this correctly? We, the PASS Coalition, are 
communicating with DOT, and they are talking to Visions, only. I mean no 
disrespect to Visions, but I feel as though I am in a restaurant, and the 
server is asking my sighted companion how I want my steak cooked. 
    > 
    > If I have misunderstood this, someone please explain it to me! Thanks. 
    > 
    > Ray
    > PS: Medium rare. 
    > 
    > 
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Karen Gourgey" <kgourgey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
    > To: unknown <passcoalition@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    > Date: Thursday, Apr 7, 2011 8:30:10
    > Subject: [passcoalition] Update, 7th Ave and 23rd Street
    > 
    > >
    > >
    > > Hello to All,
    > > 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > As you might remember, soon after our December meeting with DOT, we 
received
    > > the Department's plan for "safety improvements" at the intersection at 
7th
    > > avenue and 23rd street. We immediately sent comments to Matt, (as he had
    > > requested,) requesting some accommodations, including warning strips to 
mark
    > > the island in the middle of 7th avenue, and APS's placed on the island, 
as
    > > well. We also had questions regarding something billed as a "transit 
plaza"
    > > on the south side of the intersection. We were assured that our concerns
    > > would be communicated to DOT. Late last week, DOT wrote to Visions 
telling
    > > them that work was going to begin on April 11 and attaching the plan, 
which
    > > was precisely the one to which we had urged additions. Nothing of our
    > > recommendations appeared in the plan. We wrote to DOT expressing "grave
    > > concern, and they wrote to Visions claiming thaqt they were "preparing a
    > > written response" to our recommendations." 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > So, we have a situation, where PASS is not being addressed as a player, 
and
    > > a good possibility that work is going to begin without our 
recommendations
    > > being taken into account. We had hoped to use this as a test case. If we
    > > don't get some kind of assurance that our safety concerns are being
    > > addressed, I think we need to do something public. 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > I hope that Joyce, Gene and Annalyn will jump in to clarify anything I 
may
    > > have missed in trying to summarize the situation. 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > Meanwhile, Lester, I think we can go ahead and submit the APS request 
list
    > > to Matt as requested. 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > Karen
    > > 
    > > Hello to All,
    > > 
    > > As you might remember, soon after our December meeting with DOT, we 
received the Department's plan for "safety improvements" at the intersection at 
7th avenue and 23rd street. We immediately sent comments to Matt, (as he had 
requested,) requesting some accommodations, including warning strips to mark 
the island in the middle of 7th avenue, and APS's placed on the island, as 
well. We also had questions regarding something billed as a "transit plaza" on 
the south side of the intersection. We were assured that our concerns would be 
communicated to DOT. Late last week, DOT wrote to Visions telling them that 
work was going to begin on April 11 and attaching the plan, which was precisely 
the one to which we had urged additions. Nothing of our recommendations 
appeared in the plan. We wrote to DOT expressing "grave concern, and they wrote 
to Visions claiming thaqt they were "preparing a written response" to our 
recommendations." 
    > > 
    > > So, we have a situation, where PASS is not being addressed as a player, 
and a good possibility that work is going to begin without our recommendations 
being taken into account. We had hoped to use this as a test case. If we don't 
get some kind of assurance that our safety concerns are being addressed, I 
think we need to do something public. 
    > > 
    > > I hope that Joyce, Gene and Annalyn will jump in to clarify anything I 
may have missed in trying to summarize the situation. 
    > > 
    > > Meanwhile, Lester, I think we can go ahead and submit the APS request 
list to Matt as requested. 
    > > 
    > > 
    > > Karen
    > > 
    >

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