25-06-2016 06:00 via brooklynpaper.com

[CB6, GOWANUS] We were suckered into voting for Union St. bridge replacement!

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThe fixed is in!A Department of Transportation honcho suckered a Gowanus-area panel into voting on how to replace the aging Union Street drawbridge, claim the unwitting electors. The official asked Community Board 6 transportation committee members to choose between either a stationary bridge or another moveable in a meaningless straw poll — then went ahead and used the results as a basis for the new design, they say.“It
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