by Emma Davey In the 28 years that Jens Rasmussen has lived in the industrial part of Greenpoint, he’s never had an issue with the lot next door. Businesses have come and gone, but none ever left a big impression. That is until a concrete batch plant moved into the lot at 270 Green Street last fall.
“It’s not like we’re not used to having industrial neighbors, but all of those neighbors operated within the law and human…
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You can thank Democrats for not rezoning all of the industrial areas in Greenpoint and Williamsburg when they had the chance recently. Yes, Democrats! They chose campaign contributions from heavy polluters over the health and safety of residents.
Feel free to name and link your sources Mary! but I agree with you generally that we need less centrist – conservative democrats and need more unbought leftist candidates.
It’s the worst, I park for a day after a car wash, and my car looks like it was in the Sahara – I can’t imagine how my and anyone’s lungs look like because of this. Breathing this daily.. it’s inconceivable how this approved soo close to residential and workspaces. This area is not industrial it’s commercial. It’s disgusting. They appear soo cheap because they didn’t install big concrete tall walls like most cement plants do to block the dust and to have automatic heavy duty mister systems, they they just have a low plywood shaky wall with no dust control at all. Their trucks idle all day with fumes, and the dust is like the Sahara. And these cement dust are the worst dust for humans, they’re ASBESTOS and they kill you, and there is no fix for breathing this – hence why asbestos is outlawed since the 70’s. We all wish they leave!
Doesn’t seem like it was approved! Do whatever you want, where ever you want, for the low low price of $6,250.
Absolute disaster! Give me a break. This is an embarrassment to our neighborhood. Together we need to leverage every tool at our disposal as a community to shut this place down.