Politics & Government
City Has Spent Over $140K Defending PPW Bike Lane
The Brooklyn Paper has obtained documents that show that the city has spend over $140,000 on legal fees defending the bike path from opponents.
On the heels of an appeal by two community groups who say the Prospect Park West bike lane is a danger to seniors of pedestrians, the Brooklyn Paper reports that the city has already spent more than $140,000 on legal fees to defend the bike path.
“It’s an outrage,” cycling advocate and lawyer Mitch Sonies told the Paper, adding that he believes that the appeal won’t change the ruling, and is just a ploy to make some noise.
The two groups, Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes and Seniors for Safety, are appealing an August ruling that said the bike lanes would be there to stay. NBBL and SFS claim that a possible error in the date that the path was deemed a permanent street fixture is enough to leverage their appeal.
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NBBL and SFS’s lawyer, Jim Walden, told the Paper that his clients are within their right to appeal the ruling.
