[MEAN STREETS] Montgomery, DeBlasio rep trash DOT over Schermerhorn block closure

See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperThe city’s Department of Transportation rode roughshod over residents by hatching a plan with a luxury-housing developer to turn a Boerum Hill block into a pedestrian plaza, state Sen. Velmanette Montgomery (D–Boerum Hill) said in a lengthy tirade against the agency at a Community Board 2 meeting on Thursday, claiming the change will back up traffic through the neighborhood just so the builder can have a fancy front yard