Colton says city’s trash plant plan is ‘not progressive’
Calls on de Blasio Administration to create new ideas
Undaunted by the uphill battle he is facing in his fight to keep the city from building a trash processing plant on the Bensonhurst waterfront, Assemblyman Bill Colton said now is not the time to give up.
In fact, things might be on the upswing, he hinted.
Colton, who filed a lawsuit to stop the city from moving forward with the plan to construct a trash plant on Gravesend Bay at 1824 Shore Parkway, said he recently received word that the court has ruled in favor of the plaintiffs on a procedural matter. “We have received word that the Court’s Appellate Division has decided to grant our motion for us to proceed on the original record in our case. In other words, we can continue with our lawsuit against the Gravesend Bay garbage station without having the burden of making copies of thousands of documents of the original record,” he said.
Colton charged that the proposed plant will pose an environmental danger to residents across southwest Brooklyn. He has led numerous protest rallies against the proposed plant and has also organized an online petition drive. The most recent protest demonstration took place earlier this month.