BREAKING NEWS: Governor Cuomo & Bronx Borough President Diaz Jr To Pull Support For FreshDirect; Mayor de Blasio Calls T (Morris: 2015)
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"After more than 3 years of the community overwhelmingly disapproving of this project, of over 50 community based organizations saying no, Governor Cuomo and Bronx Borough President announced today that the deal will be canceled."
“After years of overwhelming community outcry against this project and their demand and right to a new environmental impact statement instead of relying on a 22 year old one, my office cannot support this project in good conscience any longer,” said Diaz, Jr.
Mayor Bill de Blasio, who campaigned on the promise that he would kill such Bloomberg sweetheart deals like FreshDirect’s said that, “I am grateful for Governor Cuomo and Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr in working with our offices to find a solution to ending this deal that provided corporate welfare to a company that is flush with capital while our small businesses, our mom and pop shops—the lifeblood of our wonderful city—are struggling to survive. The over $140 million in grants and tax subsidies can have a bigger economic positive impact by investing in our communities.”
According to Governor Cuomo, he will direct the Department of Environmental Conservation to grant necessary funding to make the Mott Haven-Port Morris Waterfront Plan a reality, something the agency already made a priority project to consider.
“The Mott Haven-Port Morris Waterfront Plan is a true, grassroots community effort from the ground up which represents the types of community leadership we need.” said de Blasio. “It not only provides area residents with waterfront resiliency but greater access to the waterfront, something that is taken for granted in Manhattan and the other boroughs yet residents of the South Bronx are cut off from. Through the increase of pedestrian traffic heading to the waterfront it will also creating a positive impact for the many businesses located along the way.”
If You Read This Far…
…you will know that this is satire and nothing of the sort happened and was written for April Fool’s Day—but the harm and the concerns are not satire and is an all to real reality the area’s residents live under. Although it hasn’t happened, it doesn’t mean it can’t and all the concerns listed are real and verifiable.
*sad trombone*
Not true, just an April Fool's Day joke - boo! My hopes shot through the roof when I saw the headline.
Ha! Well if it makes you feel any better, I sat in that auditorium at Hostos back in November to give testimony, so you got ME good! Thankfully I read through the entire article, I was *thisclose* to sharing to FB!
(I prefer my AF jokes to be of the Hulu Pet variety!)
Ha! Well if it makes you feel any better, I sat in that auditorium at Hostos back in November to give testimony, so you got ME good! Thankfully I read through the entire article, I was *thisclose* to sharing to FB!
(I prefer my AF jokes to be of the Hulu Pet variety!)
I got all excited and fell for it too…..right up to the disclaimer. Why I had to share the fun
What about all the other mega corporations and retailers that are out competing all small mom and pop businesses all around the world let alone all over this country?
Fresh Direct would sue the hell out of the city and the state if they tried something like this. You cannot back out of deals like this.
Cuomo is also Republican lite nothing like this would ever happen under his watch.
Welcome to the Bronx Fresh Direct and construction has already started. They finish construction next year.
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