Politics & Government

Some Sunset Park Residents Upset About Revised Brooklyn Traffic Plan, Say They've Been Excluded From Decision Making Process

The community it's meant to protect is crying foul, claiming they've been shut out of the entire process.

(Courtesy of Tim Lee)

June 22, 2021

A dangerous stretch of Sunset Park is about to undergo a safety transformation.

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But the community it’s meant to protect is crying foul – claiming they’ve been shut out of the entire process.

As CBS2’s Christina Fan reports, there’s no question that Seventh and Eighth Avenue in Brooklyn’s Chinatown are traffic hazards. Trucks are chronically double parked. The sidewalks are too narrow. But families say even more problematic is the DOT’s lack of transparency in redesigning it.

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