Red tape chokes off waterfront in Williamsburg
A waterfront park in Williamsburg has been shuttered – and is being kept that way – by red tape, say frustrated residents and local advocates.
A month and a half after state officials and community advocates agreed in principle to a deal to reopen East River State Park – at no expense to taxpayers – the park’s Kent Ave. gate remains locked.
The sticking point has been a community group’s inability to meet a state requirement that it provide liability insurance for all park volunteers.
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