by The City 
This article was originally published on Jun 13 2:35pm EDT by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning
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Robocalls, automated texts, signs, billboards, mail advertisements and a slick website are all exhorting Greenpoint residents to “Keep McGuinness Moving” and block a redesign of the treacherous Brooklyn boulevard.
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Gwynne Hogan and Lincoln Restler sitting on a tree.
I think everyone should have a chance to speak on the issue. No fair for activists to tear down signs. Would they like theirs torn down?
All these rules do is punish people who followed the rules.
None off these laws would’ve prevented the deaths caused by people ignoring laws, speeding and drinking.
This is only cause 25 mph isn’t getting enough tickets for the city and it’s crooked, greedy, idiotic politicians.
Money talks and everything else walks.
Big corporations running the show on both sides of the issue with the elected pols. with their greasy hands in between.
More like powerful king pin officials that can extort 39 million tax paying dollars for a DOT job.
If this was about safety, crossing guards should have been put at each intersection years ago at a fraction of the cost of the redesign. Follow the money to the communist dictators running the city.
The headline is misleading. This is terrible journalism. The opponents to the Make McGuinness Safe plan are FOR safety but want to see more options (with environmental studies backing them up) that will not cause more traffic, more pollution and disrupt this emergency and evacuation route. Why is removing two traffic lanes and adding bike lanes to McGuinness the #1 plan to make it safe? Doesn’t make any sense. Why don’t you publish an article about the radical anti car billionaire funding Uber, Lyft, Transportation Alternatives, numerous local politicians, etc whose sole goal is to make it so inconvenient to have a car that people will be forced to use Uber and Lyfts?
Garbage article. It’s not just one business fighting to keep McGuiness moving. It’s A LOT of local businesses fighting to keep themselves open! And they’re not even saying not to add additional safety measures or make changes. Just not go with the 1 car lane in each direction plan. Stop demonizing Greenpoint residents… because that’s what a lot of ‘keep it moving’ people are. There needs to be a compromise. Stop being all righteous.