{"id":233,"date":"2011-11-24T08:05:50","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T13:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brooklynsothermuseumofbrooklyn.com\/?p=233"},"modified":"2011-12-16T09:18:21","modified_gmt":"2011-12-16T14:18:21","slug":"nov-22-2011-scott-witter-letter-to-nyc-city-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brooklynsothermuseumofbrooklyn.com\/?p=233","title":{"rendered":"Nov 22 2011 Scott Witter letter to NYC City Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises held a <a href=\"http:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=993475&#038;GUID=AA982F7C-7D84-4DCD-AC92-4134A33054C0&#038;Options=&#038;Search=\">public hearing<\/a> on November 16 2011 to consider an Admirals Row-related rezoning application by the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Brooklyn&#8217;s Other Museum of Brooklyn director Scott Witter testified in opposition and his testimony can be read at on page 56 of <a href=\"http:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/View.ashx?M=F&#038;ID=1644224&#038;GUID=E0DC3A50-B3DE-4958-9515-AC3609B04E3A\">the transcript<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequent to the hearing, Scott Witter sent the following letter which, among other things, points out to the Councilors that, since Admirals Row is federally owned, any such vote is meaningless. <\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View BOMB City Council Letter on Scribd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/75858840\/BOMB-City-Council-Letter\" style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block; text-decoration: underline;\">BOMB City Council Letter<\/a><iframe class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/75858840\/content?start_page=1&#038;view_mode=list&#038;access_key=key-5dx040lfbkpusqzpprz\" data-auto-height=\"true\" data-aspect-ratio=\"0.772727272727273\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"doc_98258\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(\"script\"); scribd.type = \"text\/javascript\"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = \"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/javascripts\/embed_code\/inject.js\"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless in their wisdom, or perhaps ignorance, on November 29 2011 the Committee <a href=\"http:\/\/legistar.council.nyc.gov\/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=993475&#038;GUID=AA982F7C-7D84-4DCD-AC92-4134A33054C0\">voted to approve<\/a> the zoning change. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-233\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklynsothermuseumofbrooklyn.com\/?p=233&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-233\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklynsothermuseumofbrooklyn.com\/?p=233&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklynsothermuseumofbrooklyn.com\/?p=233\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York City Council Subcommittee on Zoning and Franchises held a public hearing on November 16 2011 to consider an Admirals Row-related rezoning application by the Brooklyn Navy Yard. 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