All,

I attended the hearing this morning and spoke in support of these proposals

Committee members Gentile and Brewer made sure to have people from their
districts come in to testify in favor.  I listened to five other individuals
all speak in favor, as well as a representative from "Gridlock Sam"
Schwartz, who also favored the proposals.  A few more people were to speak
after me, so it's conceivable there was some contrary points.

Not surprisingly, the reps from DOT and DOB spoke against the proposed
legislation, but all of their objections can be distilled to one essential
point:  please don't give us any more work to do.

Over all, the hearing went swimmingly and I am optimistic about their
passage.

Best,

Gary Reilly



On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Ethan Kent <ekent@...> wrote:

> Can anyoje go to this to represent our "powerful coalition"?  I am
> unfortunetly our of town.
>
> Ethan
>
> A Transportation Committee meeting chaired by Councilman John Liu
> regarding:
>
> Int 213 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the City of New
> York, in relation to placing greater regulations and restraints on the
> creation of driveway curb cuts; ending self-certification of curb cuts by
> lot owners; and providing local community board notification. Proposed
>
> Int 217-A - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the City of
> New York, in relation to demarcations at mid-block pedestrian ramps on
> curbs.
>
> Int 620 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the City of New
> York, in relation to requiring the illegally created curb cuts to be
> restored, making those who maintain illegally created curb cuts liable for
> penalties, requiring the department of transportation to restore illegally
> created curb cuts and providing for the reimbursement to the department for
> the cost for such work.
>
> Int 639 - A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the City of New
> York, in relation to the review of curb cuts.
>
> When
>    February 28, 2008   10:00 am
> Where
>    City Council Hearing Room
>    250 Broadway (bet. Park Pl. and Murray St.), 16th Floor
>    Manhattan
> More Info
>    New York City Council
>
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