Bay Ridge officials praise de Blasio’s ferry plan
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement that his administration will be instituting a citywide ferry service in 2017 is creating a great deal of excitement in southern Brooklyn communities like Bay Ridge and Sunset Park, where officials praised the plan as a much-needed boost for commuters tired of taking the subway to work in Manhattan.
“Today, I applaud Mayor de Blasio and his team for working with me and my colleagues to bring back this valuable service – not only for my constituents – but for our entire city!” Councilmember Vincent Gentile (D-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst) said shortly after the mayor made his announcement in his State of the City Address at Baruch College on Tuesday.
Justin Brannan, Gentile’s communications director, told the Brooklyn Eagle via email that the city is in the process of “hammering out” the locations where the ferries will be making stops.