Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Petition to have the salt pile removed!


As anyone living on the North end of the neighborhood knows, the salt pile is growing yet again. Some neighborhood residents have begun to circulate a petition, one of many efforts to have the pile removed over the past several years. Please read and sign the petition here:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/removethesaltpile/

In the past, the uncovered salt pile has been known to blow salt around the neighborhood leaving a film of salt on cars, in yards, and on windows. It also causes a lot of noise throughout the night as workers unload salt onto the pile.

Image above from the petition site.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was relieved to see that it had been depleted over the winter but now much to my dismay they have replenished it with an even bigger pile than before.
Why does anyone need to keep a huge pile of salt at that site, or any site for that matter, now that the need for it has ended? It is not only an eye sore it is a health hazard. Since I have moved here last September I have had a constant itchy, scratchy sore throat and my eyes are tearing and irritated. We all need to step up and find a way to make them move this. PLEASE!!

Anonymous said...

Here's the contact info to demand removal of the pile:
STATE SENATOR DANIEL SQUADRON
squadron@senate.state.ny.us
(718) 802-3818 Brooklyn Office

ASSEMBLYWOMAN JOAN MILLMAN
millmaj@assembly.state.ny.us
718-246-4889

COUNCILMEMBER BRAD LANDER
lander@council.nyc.gov
718-499-1090


Steve Levin, Councilmember for District 33 (the port itself is in District 33)
slevin@council.nyc.gov
718-875-5200

Anonymous said...

Your so right!
I posted the elected officials contact info in the comments here.
We must all call/email these people OFTEN, as I've spoken with all of them over the past year and a half and they say that when people stop complaining they figure it's no longer a problem and we are OK with the pile being here.
We need a concerted effort by everyone in the hood.
Thanks!