"A private sports foundation had co-opted the powers that be at Highland Park and superimposed a "disc golf" course on top of pedestrian walkways. It's literally an accident waiting to happen. The park is full of people - mostly Hispanic families and immigrants - with big picnics and weekend barbeques. Private money should never have been allowed to create a disc golf course that could seriously injure a child."
"Dilan is one of the state Assembly's top recipients of real estate industry money while his working-class North Brooklyn district is threatened with gentrification. AD 54 has some of the highest rates of childhood lead poisoning in the city, but Dilan has blocked lead-abatement bills while taking thousands of dollars from landlords. He didn't lead any pandemic-era mutual aid and he rarely communicates with us constituents."
"Yet Dilan continues on. Seven years after his father, State Senator Martin Malavé Dilan, was trounced by democratic socialist Julia Salazar, and four years after Salazar's ally Sandy Nurse won a City Council seat, Dilan remains in office. A DSA-backed candidate failed to defeat him in 2022, losing by just 190 votes. With Zohran Mamdani winning AD 54 by 71-29 percent in the June Democratic primary, the incumbent has never looked more vulnerable."
Assemblymember Erik Dilan has been unresponsive to local concerns, unfamiliar with a hazardous disc golf course placed on Highland Park pedestrian walkways, and cautious about upsetting vested interests. The park hosts many Hispanic families and immigrants who risk injury from the private-funded course. Dilan ranks among the state Assembly's top recipients of real estate industry donations, has blocked lead-abatement bills despite AD 54's high childhood lead-poisoning rates, did not lead pandemic-era mutual aid, and rarely communicates with constituents. Narrow electoral margins and recent progressive victories in the district make Dilan politically vulnerable. Christian Celeste Tate, a 31-year-old anti-poverty activist, has organized volunteer canvassing in eastern AD 54.
Read at Indypendent
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]