In the third post in GBK’s “City of Water” series — see the other two here and here — we find out that the NYC City Council Speaker Christine Quinn calls on the NYC government to keep up with waterfront communities and activists.

Tip o’ the hat to Bay Ridge Journal who has this to report:

As part of the “City of Water” event on Governor’s Island yesterday, Quinn praised waterfront activists for keeping the city’s waterfronts vibrant, but said that “government must keep pace.”

Quinn will introduce a bill in the council next month that would require the City Planning Department to update the city’s waterfront development plan every 10 years.

The Daily News:

The goal is to keep the city’s waterfronts brimming with activities like biking and boating as well as buzzing with commercial shipping and ferries, she said.

Pointing to the fight to reduce car congestion on city streets, she said that “waterfronts are really an untapped transportation resource.”

We hope that this means increased attention to New York-based advocacy groups such as: Sunset-Ridge Waterfront Alliance, Waterfront Alliance, S.W.I.M., Riverkeeper, Newtown Creek Alliance, Gowanus Dredgers, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, and others who advocate for clean waterways and green waterfronts in NYC.

Tags: Bay Ridge, Bay Ridge Journal, Biking, Boating, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Christine Quinn, City Council, City of Water Day, Governor's Island, Gowanus Dredgers, Newtown Creek Alliance, NY Daily News, Riverkeeper, SRWA, Storm Water Infrastructure Matters, Transportation, Waterfront

Category: Alternative Transportation, Community Action, Environmental Justice, Gowanus, Green Lifestyle, Green Space, Newtown Creek, Urban Environment, Urban Greening, Water

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