CAN’T HANDLE THE RENT NO MORE
STOOP SALE
371 Park Place
6/19

Pack your bags, Dan…

DeeDee writes: “Just saw on CNN that the Supreme Court ruled in the eminent domain case in Connecticut. The Court ruled that local governments can seize private property (homes and businesses) for private economic development. This ruling would support the proposed Atlantic Yards development plan.”

Links:
Supreme Court Rules Cities May Seize Homes [Associated Press via Yahoo! News](Thanks to Ben for the tip)
Chaos Ensues in Daily Heights Forums [Daily Heights Forums]

FedUpMom writes: “Two Sundays ago I exited the 2 train at Bergen St. on the Brooklyn-bound side. I had my 18-month-old daughter with me in her small stroller. There was track work on the Manhattan bound platform, and so no token clerk on either side… No one was anywhere to be found when I pushed the bell to open the gate to leave the station. I was stuck in the station and unable to get out! This was a very dangerous and scary situation. I can’t push the stroller through the vertical turnstile, and I can’t carry the baby and fit the stroller through the vertical turnstile (even when folded).”

“I finally got lucky and someone helped me bring the stroller through, and I carried my daughter …”

“The answers I am getting from the MTA are ridiculous … It seems that the MTA is unwilling to acknowledge that on the day in question there was not a soul at the station, and that since it was Sunday, it could have taken 20-30 minutes before a conductor on the next train was due. This is not what customer service and safety are about. Something needs to be done, even if it means that the MTA has to admit that during repairs, some stations have no safe exit.”