NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn Visits Brook Park!

When District 8 City Council Member Melissa Mark Viverito takes a tour of the area with the Speaker, where does she go?

Brook Park is one hot spot on the tour!

We were honored to host Ms. Viverito and the Speaker to highlight the wonderful aspects of our community. On hand in the garden were the 5th grade students of Mr. Burns from PS 30 having a great time, thanks to Federico Perez and the Principal who recognized the importance of welcoming these dignataries.

Ms. Quinn was very excited to see first hand our Brook Park project, especially because she has been so supportive of Ms. Vverito's and Council Member Arroyo's budget requests for our Capital Revitalization Project (See: http://www.friendsofbrookpark.org/design). Ms. Quinn mentioned an underground Minetta Brook in her District on the weat side of Manhattan and the probems it caused by being paved over. Ms. Quinn asked to be invited when our brook is uncovered!

Later the Council Members continued to Randall's and Ward's island where the Speaker was brought current to the growing efforts to stop the alienation and conversion of public parkland for an aquatic theme park on 12 exisitng ball fileds that serve thousands of New Yorkers.