XPost: nyc.general, nyc.politics, talk.environment 
 From: liberty@once.net 
  
 A few years ago I posted here regarding what appeared to be unnecessary 
 construction work on the New York City Parks Department's Ocean Parkway 
 Malls in Brooklyn. This involved many months of work reconstructing benches, 
 fences, paved and grass-covered areas, bicycle paths, etc. Residents were 
 inconvenienced by the loss of the use of these areas, noise and pollution 
 from machinery, and the loss of the many parking spaces adjacent to these 
 malls. The cost was of course paid by us, the taxpayers. My objection to all 
 this was that the fences, benches, and everything else DID NOT NEED this 
 work. They were in generally good shape and THE SAME WORK HAD BEEN DONE 
 ABOUT THREE YEARS PREVIOUSLY! 
  
 Guess what? Now, about three years later, with these areas still in good 
 condition, THEY ARE DOING IT ALL OVER AGAIN! The signs give the contract 
 number as B065-103M, and the contractor is a local Brooklyn company. 
  
 This is not all that smells rotten in Brooklyn. Every so often a "tree 
 service" comes around that seems far less concerned with the health of the 
 trees on the Ocean Parkway Malls as in harvesting as much wood pulp as 
 possible from them. Some once beautiful, fully-foliaged trees have been 
 pruned until they are sparse and browning, even in early summer. A few have 
 died and been cut down, ground to wood chips on the spot, as are all the 
 prunings this tree service takes. 
  
 This demands investigation! 
  
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