Marty, Yassky Fill Potholes in Boerum Hill
Brooklyn Borough President's office photo by Kathryn Kirk
Only in Brooklyn kiddies, only in Brooklyn comes word of our Beep Marty Markowitz and our man in the NYC Council/NYC ComPtroller candidate David Yassky teaming up and filling potholes. And now the beautiful press release:
On Thursday, June 25, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz joined NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and City Council Member David Yassky to fill potholes on Bergen Street between Bond and Hoyt Streets. The DOT has repaired 290,000 potholes citywide in the last 12 months, including nearly 73,000 in Brooklyn. In the last week alone, more than 1,100 potholes in Brooklyn have been filled.
Brooklynites can also take pride in the fact that the asphalt mix used in Brooklyn is the “greenest” of all because it’s produced at DOT’s Hamilton Avenue plant and trucks don’t have to travel very far to fill potholes in the borough—reducing truck emissions.
Residents are asked to call 311 to register a pothole complaint; the DOT says, on average, potholes are repaired three days after reported.
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: June 25th, 2009 at 2:55 pm by Homer Fink under Uncategorized.
Tags:11201, david yassky, marty markowitz
Comments: 1
Comment from Robert
Time: June 26, 2009, 4:56 pm
It would of been better to say something about new jobs for people filling potholes.
Also, one can NEVER use the word “green” when talking about black material such as an oil derivitive. regardless of how much fuel was saved transporting it. pols. tend to throw around the word “green” to look like they are really doing something for the environment when in this case they really aeren’t.