Protests from neighbors in Battery City Park were almost instantaneous. Many staging demonstrations at the proposed site said the monument s location was selected without public meetings or hearings on the plan, which called for chopping down trees and replacing grass with concrete.
Battery Park City Authority Chairman George Tsunis, who s served as a leader on the project and met with protesters for hours over the course of the past few weeks, confirmed the Circle of Heroes project would take the necessary step back to incorporate more community partners.
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Critics have been vocal that their opposition is not to the monument itself, but toward the potential park loss for another monument in the neighborhood.
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These trees, this green space, it s the largest green space south of Central Park. Parks were vital to the city getting through COVID and we just want to make sure that we don t end up doing something that we can t take back, said Tristan Snell, of the Battery Park City Parents Association. We want to measure twice and cut once.
A spokesperson for the governor said the state was proud to plant 19 new trees at the park in a public space to be enjoyed by all New Yorkers. This location was chosen in an open process by 23 leaders representing hundreds of thousands of essential workers, and the site design allows for people to continue to enjoy the park space. We look forward to working with everyone who uses this public space and to seeing generations of New Yorkers from across the state enjoy and celebrate this monument, Jordan Bennett, a Cuomo spokesperson, said.
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