ABG has previously written about the flooding problem in the Town of Greenburgh before this past weekend’s hurricane/tropical storm. But Paul Feiner decided to come to the neighborhood to irritate everyone in person. He asked if people had gotten any water? What?! He showed up outside a flooded neighborhood near our office which seemed to enrage the residents. We assume his simply showing up after they've begged with him for solutions was nothing short of incredulous. Not to be outdone, his protege, Councilman Kevin Morgan, know affectionately as Feiner’s henchman, also toured the flooded neighborhoods the following day.
We lost some equipment from flooding but not nearly what the single family homes with multiple residents (illegal dwellings) lost. Across Rt 119 from us is the Fulton Park neighborhood. This has been Paul Feiners dumping ground for his bad policies and developer payoffs. We tried to get close after the rain stopped but were kept away by sheer volume, meeting numerous area residents driven from their homes. The following day, several homes had dumpsters placed on their property to address debris removal. To the Town's credit, the DPW took everything anyone put out to the curb for pick up.
Numerous Fulton Park, Babbitt Court, 9A corridor businesses and others who live or work in flood prone areas of Greenburgh have repeatedly and consistently complained to the Town Supervisor, the Town Board and various Town Departments to do something about the flooding that occurs each time it rains. We realize that flash flooding is difficult for them to prepare for but it's do-able. If they had worried about runoff before simply approving any project put before them, the water may have been more manageable. They should be requiring developers to accommodate runoff and mandate they ensure a place for the water to go away from our neighborhoods, not just say it will go into the Bronx River or Saw Mill River. They are both so heavily overburdened during a storm that they cannot be utilized to accept more. So if that requires scaling back the size of the project or requiring them to increase the size of the storm drains, or god forbid, dredging the length of each river, then so be it.
Its apparent by the lack of action by our Town that the flooding problem will not only not go away, rather, it will not be addressed. When The Paul was in the neighborhood, he was quick to point a finger toward the state and federal government for a lack of action on their part. That's not leadership. The neighbors were also quick to point a finger; guess which one? The neighborhoods that get beat up each time it rains are not affluent ones. Feiner knows he hasn't received any financial incentives (campaign donations) from them so he'll continue to talk about it rather than act on solving the flooding.
We’re dismayed that no other candidates are running against him for the position of Town Supervisor. So it means we will be in high gear for at least two more years. Its time for Paul Feiner to go - maybe he'll be washed away with the tide. Good luck to those neighborhoods and fellow Town residents who were ravaged by Irene. It may be easier to deal with her than him.
We lost some equipment from flooding but not nearly what the single family homes with multiple residents (illegal dwellings) lost. Across Rt 119 from us is the Fulton Park neighborhood. This has been Paul Feiners dumping ground for his bad policies and developer payoffs. We tried to get close after the rain stopped but were kept away by sheer volume, meeting numerous area residents driven from their homes. The following day, several homes had dumpsters placed on their property to address debris removal. To the Town's credit, the DPW took everything anyone put out to the curb for pick up.
Numerous Fulton Park, Babbitt Court, 9A corridor businesses and others who live or work in flood prone areas of Greenburgh have repeatedly and consistently complained to the Town Supervisor, the Town Board and various Town Departments to do something about the flooding that occurs each time it rains. We realize that flash flooding is difficult for them to prepare for but it's do-able. If they had worried about runoff before simply approving any project put before them, the water may have been more manageable. They should be requiring developers to accommodate runoff and mandate they ensure a place for the water to go away from our neighborhoods, not just say it will go into the Bronx River or Saw Mill River. They are both so heavily overburdened during a storm that they cannot be utilized to accept more. So if that requires scaling back the size of the project or requiring them to increase the size of the storm drains, or god forbid, dredging the length of each river, then so be it.
Its apparent by the lack of action by our Town that the flooding problem will not only not go away, rather, it will not be addressed. When The Paul was in the neighborhood, he was quick to point a finger toward the state and federal government for a lack of action on their part. That's not leadership. The neighbors were also quick to point a finger; guess which one? The neighborhoods that get beat up each time it rains are not affluent ones. Feiner knows he hasn't received any financial incentives (campaign donations) from them so he'll continue to talk about it rather than act on solving the flooding.
We’re dismayed that no other candidates are running against him for the position of Town Supervisor. So it means we will be in high gear for at least two more years. Its time for Paul Feiner to go - maybe he'll be washed away with the tide. Good luck to those neighborhoods and fellow Town residents who were ravaged by Irene. It may be easier to deal with her than him.
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