Adi Talwar
Fernando Torres (68, facing camera) speaking with an old friend in front of 885 Knickerbocker Avenue. Torres lived in Bushwick from 1969 to 2018. He moved to East New York due to rising cost of living in Bushwick.
‘Bushwick provides an opportunity for the de Blasio administration to renew its commitment to community planning, demonstrate how zoning can be used to protect a neighborhood from gentrification instead of catalyzing it, and affirm the importance of local voices.’
‘Put simply, setting aside time for meditation each week makes people better learners and better human beings. Isn’t that what we want for all our children?’
‘Como expliqué en el Proceso de Planificación de East New York, aunque algunos detalles pudieron haberse hecho mejor, creo firmemente que hicimos lo correcto y que el tiempo demostrará el alcance de nuestro trabajo.’
The local councilman writes, one year after the rezoning: ‘The East New York Neighborhood Plan is the kind of action the neighborhood has been waiting for. ‘