While we have been critical of Bronx Beep Diaz over his role in killing the $310 million Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment, we have to give the Beep props for his position on another armory project over in Wakefield. As reported in the Daily News today, Diaz is opposing the City on a proposal to put a 200 bed homeless facility in a vacated army reserve center in Wakefield. Diaz is hoping to hold up the project by not attending a meeting that seems to require his presence to have a quorum. Whether this ploy will work remains to be seen, but the position is correct. There are so many other good uses for this facility, and this neighborhood is already home to almost 900 special needs housing units that includes 200 for the homeless.
That's nice, but Baby Diaz still screwed the Bronx big time on the Kingsbridge Armory, and that's something Bronxites should never forgive.
ReplyDeleteHow many armories are there in The Bronx anyway? I get the feeling that there must be one of every coner.
ReplyDeleteNice look on Koppell's face!
ReplyDeleteKoppell looks that way because forgot to take his lexapro. He often looks spaced out at meetings.
ReplyDeleteKoppell: boxers or briefs?
ReplyDeleteFor the record: Mayor Bloomberg killed the jobs at the Armory. The developer, who has agreed to pay living wages in Los Angeles, was ready to do the same at the Armory. Bloomberg says he 'does not believe it is government's role to set wages.' In other words, he doesn't believe in a living wage, the minimum wage, that women should get paid the same as men for the same work, etc. If you follow his thinking, indentured servitude and slavery are okay, too.
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