URGENT CONEY NEWS: Last Chance To Save Coney Island

It just takes two phone calls from everybody to improve our chances to save Coney Island from the City's plan the way it stands. Don't let the city place high-rises along the south side of Surf Avenue to creative a very un-Coney wall to our fabled amusement place. Coney Island has received devastating blows to its character in the past. But none has totally killed it. Robert Moses and Fred Trump along with the city admins back them helped to cripple it. Don't let the city now finish the job of killing it.


PLEASE PICK UP THE PHONE AND STATE YOUR CASE.



To make it simple, here is the press release from the Save Coney Island folks:

Two Phone Calls to Save Coney Island

The Bloomberg administration's plan to shrink Coney Island's amusement district and to block it off with four high-rise hotel towers is now before the City Council. They have until Monday, July 13th to request changes to the City's plan.

If you want to save Coney Island, PLEASE CALL your City Council member TODAY (the sooner the better!).

To find your City Council member and their phone number, plug in your street address and borough here:
http://council.nyc.gov/html/members/members.shtmlCall their lEGISLATIVE OFFICE number first. Try calling during the workday.

* Tell them you live in their district.

* Tell them that you're calling about the plan for Coney Island currently under review by City Council.

* Tell them Coney Island is an issue of CITYWIDE concern and that the current plan would RUIN Coney Island forever.

* Tell them that the area for open-air amusements needs to be EXPANDED and that the proposed high-rise hotels need to be MOVED out of the amusement area.

* Tell them to urge the Department of City Planning and Councilmember Domenic Recchia to FIX the City's plan.

* Tell them you would like to know what their position is on this issue.

* Tell them to check out www.saveconeyisland.net for more information.

Be polite. Be brief. Be passionate. Leave a message if nobody answers.

If you REALLY want to Save Coney Island, also call Speaker Christine Quinn and deliver the same message.
Christine Quinn's legislative office: (212) 788-7210.

PASS THIS ON TO YOUR FRIENDS. WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET.

Don't Let Coney Shrink By Joining The Demonstration

March on down to City Hall yet again in full freak regalia to save the amusements as pinnacle of the Coney rezoning plan. Do not let them shrink the amusement zone! It has shrunk enough in the last 30 years! Please get off your asses and this time get there in big numbers! If they shrink it too much it will be gone forever!

Demonstrators will meet Wednesday June 10, 1 p.m. to march on to the steps of City Hall. But first gather up at the fountain at 12:30.

For all the info visit the Save Coney Island site.

Gathering To Save The Amusements

The Save Coney Island group is holing a meeting for volunteers to save Coney's amusement future which is shrinking under current plans for it's redevelopment.

Save Coney Island Volunteer Meeting:

This is the final hour. The fat lady is clearing her throat. The fate of Coney Island will be decided this summer.

A greedy developer and a flawed city rezoning plan threaten the future of the “People’s Playground.” At the end of the summer, the City Council will vote on a plan that would reduce the size of the amusement area to a small strip of land by the Boardwalk and put four high-rises right in front of it. We have a little over two months to convince the City Council to oppose the City’s plan or to convince the City to change it. Help us save this national treasure!

Save Coney Island will be holding an organizational meeting to plan our final strategy and decide the events for the summer. We need to turn this into the city-wide issue it deserves to be!

This is our last chance!

Please attend this meeting:
WHEN: Tuesday May 19th at 7PM
LOCATION: Downtown Brooklyn at FUREE Headquarters
ADDRESS: 81 Willoughby Street, Ste. 701
(7th Floor)

We’ll fill you in on the background to the fight to save Coney Island, and help you get involved.

Want to get involved but can’t make the meeting?

E-mail us at Info@SaveConeyIsland.net and introduce yourself. Let us
know if you have any special skills, connections or ideas that might be help us Save Coney Island.