{"id":291530,"date":"2021-07-06T02:02:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T23:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/battery-park-protestors-keep-up-pressure-over-covid-memorial\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T02:02:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T23:02:43","slug":"battery-park-protestors-keep-up-pressure-over-covid-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/battery-park-protestors-keep-up-pressure-over-covid-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"#Battery Park protestors keep up pressure over COVID memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Battery Park protestors keep up pressure over COVID memorial<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Two hundred protestors rallied in lower Manhattan\u2019s Rockefeller Park as they sought to keep up the pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo just days after the powerful and scandal-scarred state leader nixed his plans to pave over a portion of the green space for a coronavirus memorial. <\/p>\n

The Battery Park City protest occurred as Community Board 1, which represents the area, scheduled a Wednesday meeting to discuss the monument. <\/p>\n

One resident leading the fight against the original monument location, Adrian Mak, said that he expects the Cuomo-controlled Battery Park City Authority to present its plans for a new location for the COVID installation.<\/p>\n

The Governor\u2019s office was not able to immedia<\/a>tely comment on if it or the BPCA would be sending representatives. <\/p>\n

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Battery Park City residents gathered in Rockefeller Park to protest Gov. Andrew Cuomo\u2019s plans for a COVID-19 memorial in the park on July 5, 2021.<\/figcaption>
James Keivom for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer speaking to the residents at Rockefeller Park on July 5, 2021.<\/figcaption>
James Keivom for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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People gathered near where the COVID-19 memorial was planned to be built.<\/figcaption>
James Keivom for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The holiday-weekend back and forth occurred as dozens of Battery Park City residents gathered on the green space, which is bounded by the Hudson River and soaring apartment towers and office buildings. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m fed up with this. They were about to roll over with their tractors. No warning, no announcement. Nothing,\u201d said a fed up Karen Gerber, who lives in the state-controlled enclave in Lower Manhattan, at the protest. <\/p>\n

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A sign made by a child hanging in a tree at Rockefeller Park on July 5, 2021.<\/figcaption>
James Keivom for NY Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Rae Gyasi with her sons Oliver, 5, and Teddy, 5 months, at the COVID-19 memorial protest in Rockefeller Park on July 5, 2021.<\/figcaption>
James Keivom<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mother-of-two Rae Gyasi joined the protest with her children, adorable five-year-old Oliver and his brother, five-month old Teddy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t really be able to play. If they cut down this part and that part of the park, it\u2019s the part of the park where I play,\u201d said Oliver, as he sat on a picnic blanket with his family. \u201cI would have to play on smaller part of the grass and that\u2019s for babies.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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