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Musician, educator, father of three, & advocate for many causes, including community building, education, the arts & transit. Opinions expressed are my own.

Queens, NY
Joined August 2009
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.@thequeenslink would be a huge boost to the city's transit capacity and unlock more sites for transit-oriented development. @NYCMayor has made improving performance and efficiency a core part of his governing agenda. He should embrace QueensLink to affirm that commitment.
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There's an abandoned rail line in Queens. Two opposing advocacy groups have ideas about what to do with it. @thequeenslink wants a park AND a rail line. @TheQueensWay wants a park WITHOUT rail. @NYCMayor has decided to move forward with QueensWay, did he make the right call?
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🌳 Queens deserves green space, safe streets, and reliable transit. As discussions continue about the future of the QueensLink and QueensWay corridors, I want to hear directly from you. Your feedback will help shape how we advocate for our communities and our shared future. 📲 Scan the QR code and share your thoughts.
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The QueensLink would reuse an abandoned 3.5-mile rail corridor in NYC, no expensive tunneling. At ~$3.5B, it’s one of the cheapest ways to expand the subway. Add upzoning near new stations and you unlock massive transit-oriented development. 160,000 new homes. Why kill this?
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QueensWay should not come at the expense of QueensLink. For those who haven't been following this years-long debate, a translation: A linear park is great — but not if it blocks future public transit on a rare existing right-of-way. Queens needs both rails and trails!
QueensLink Fast Facts 🚈💨 - 75,000 daily riders, or nearly double the ridership-per-mile of IBX - 50% more service on Queens Boulevard and 165% more through-service to the Rockaways
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I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Let your city and state leaders know YOU WANT QUEENSLINK. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/it…
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*When this is built, I want New Yorkers to take it for granted” that’s there a north-south train line in Queens, says Andrew Lynch, the chief operating officer of QueensLink. “I want people to take this and never think about it”.
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I just wrote a @theactionnet letter: Let your city and state leaders know YOU WANT QUEENSLINK. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/st…
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