Sorry for the double email, I had misread your email Andrew! I see now it's the parking lot not the park that has been comandeered.
Ronnie Almonte (he/him) Subscribe <https://www.ronniealmonte.com> to my newsletter Bird photography <https://www.flickr.com/people/ronniealmonte/> On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 10:46 AM Ronnie Almonte <batresalmo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Do we know if news of the NYPD's commandeering of the West Pond was posted > with advanced notice? Also wondering on what legal basis the NYPD can close > off public access to a federal park for a "meet up." > > Ronnie Almonte (he/him) > Subscribe <https://www.ronniealmonte.com> to my newsletter > Bird photography <https://www.flickr.com/people/ronniealmonte/> > > > On Sun, Jul 17, 2022 at 8:24 AM Andrew Baksh <birdingd...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I tweeted this earlier when I found out about it. Just wanted to pass >> this along here to give anyone who might be considering visiting the East >> Pond at Jamaica Bay a heads up. >> >> The North Channel Bridge Parking lots are closed to the general public >> today as far as I know. They are being commandeered by the NYPD for some >> event, which I believe to be an ATV meetup. The parking lot at the Visitor >> Center is available. >> >> Bless up! >> -------- >> “Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves could free >> our mind.” ~ Bob Marley >> >> “Tenderness and Kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but >> manifestations of strength and resolution” ~ Khalil Gibran >> >> "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the >> ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own >> abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass >> >> 風 Swift as the wind >> 林 Quiet as the forest >> 火 Conquer like the fire >> 山 Steady as the mountain >> Sun Tzu <http://refspace.com/quotes/Sun_Tzu> *The Art of War* >> <http://refspace.com/quotes/The_Art_of_War> >> >> (\__/) >> (= '.'=) >> >> (") _ (") >> >> Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! >> >> >> Andrew Baksh >> www.birdingdude.blogspot.com >> -- >> *NYSbirds-L List Info:* >> Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> >> Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> >> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave >> <http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> >> *Archives:* >> The Mail Archive >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> >> Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> >> ABA <http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> >> *Please submit your observations to **eBird* >> <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>*!* >> -- >> > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
