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Save Coney Island!- Preserve the People's Playground, Create a World Class Amusement Destination
- Target: Mayor Bloomberg and The City of New York
- Sponsored by: Save Coney Island
Save Coney Island!
Preserve the People's Playground, Create a World-Class Amusement Destination
Coney Island is a world-renowned amusement destination and a People's Playground for New Yorkers of all backgrounds and incomes.
Today, however, the future of Coney Island is in doubt.
The city's current rezoning plan for the neighborhood would destroy Coney Island's unique character and undermine its historic amusement function: It allows high-rise towers up to 30 stories tall in the heart of Coney Island's amusement district. It limits the area reserved for the outdoor rides to only a narrow strip of land. It clears the way for chain retail and other generic commercial uses within the amusement district. It endangers Coney Island's historic buildings.
We urge the city to fix its plan by making the following changes:
By fixing its plan, the city can revitalize Coney Island's historic amusement district, preserving it as a playground for all New Yorkers, a world-class tourist destination and an economic engine for the Coney Island community and New York City.
Preserve the People's Playground, Create a World-Class Amusement Destination
Coney Island is a world-renowned amusement destination and a People's Playground for New Yorkers of all backgrounds and incomes.
Today, however, the future of Coney Island is in doubt.
The city's current rezoning plan for the neighborhood would destroy Coney Island's unique character and undermine its historic amusement function: It allows high-rise towers up to 30 stories tall in the heart of Coney Island's amusement district. It limits the area reserved for the outdoor rides to only a narrow strip of land. It clears the way for chain retail and other generic commercial uses within the amusement district. It endangers Coney Island's historic buildings.
We urge the city to fix its plan by making the following changes:
- 1) Expand the acreage for outdoor rides and amusements.
- 2) Prevent high-rise towers from invading the heart of the amusement district.
- 3) Promote small businesses and local entrepreneurs and prevent their displacement.
- 4) Protect Coney Island's historic buildings.
- 5) Create jobs for New Yorkers in the amusement industry by preserving amusement zoning.
By fixing its plan, the city can revitalize Coney Island's historic amusement district, preserving it as a playground for all New Yorkers, a world-class tourist destination and an economic engine for the Coney Island community and New York City.
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Thank you for signing our Save Coney Island petition! One more thing...
The New York City Council is scheduled to vote on the City's plan as early as the end of July. As we prepare to deliver our signatures to council-members, we have had to switch our petition from this site to one that collects the information necessary for us to sort signatures by council district.
PLEASE take a moment to transfer your signature to our new petition (even if you already signed the old one).
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Save_Coney_Island/index.html
If you sign the new petition, we will be able to forward your information to your elected officials and urge them to fix the City%u2019s flawed rezoning plan for Coney Island. (Please, if you%u2019re a New York City resident, be sure to include your full mailing address so we can forward it to the appropriate City Council member.) Your signature will be added to the thousands that we have already collected on the ground.
Also, Save Coney Island needs volunteers. The next few weeks are crucial for the future of Coney Island. To get involved, e-mail volunteers@saveconeyisland.net, and for more information, visit us at saveconeyisland.net.
Thanks once more for your support!
Thank you for signing our Save Coney Island petition! One more thing...
The New York City Council is scheduled to vote on the City's plan as early as the end of July. As we prepare to deliver our signatures to council-members, we have had to switch our petition from this site to one that collects the information necessary for us to sort signatures by council district.
PLEASE take a moment to transfer your signature to our new petition (even if you already signed the old one).
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Save_Coney_Island/index.html
If you sign the new petition, we will be able to forward your information to your elected officials and urge them to fix the City%u2019s flawed rezoning plan for Coney Island. (Please, if you%u2019re a New York City resident, be sure to include your full mailing address so we can forward it to the appropriate City Council member.) Your signature will be added to the thousands that we have already collected on the ground.
Also, Save Coney Island needs volunteers. The next few weeks are crucial for the future of Coney Island. To get involved, e-mail volunteers@saveconeyisland.net, and for more information, visit us at saveconeyisland.net.
Thanks once more for your support!
Thank you for signing our Save Coney Island petition! One more thing...
The New York City Council is scheduled to vote on the City's plan as early as the end of July. As we prepare to deliver our signatures to council-members, we have had to switch our petition from this site to one that collects the information necessary for us to sort signatures by council district.
PLEASE take a moment to transfer your signature to our new petition (even if you already signed the old one).
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/Save_Coney_Island/index.html
If you sign the new petition, we will be able to forward your information to your elected officials and urge them to fix the City%u2019s flawed rezoning plan for Coney Island. (Please, if you%u2019re a New York City resident, be sure to include your full mailing address so we can forward it to the appropriate City Council member.) Your signature will be added to the thousands that we have already collected on the ground.
Also, Save Coney Island needs volunteers. The next few weeks are crucial for the future of Coney Island. To get involved, e-mail volunteers@saveconeyisland.net, and for more information, visit us at saveconeyisland.net.
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