Irked smokers defy park cig ban
The city's nonsmoking section just grew by 29,000 acres -- an area roughly the size of The Bronx -- now that it's illegal to light up in parks and beaches.
But since enforcement of the new ban will be done mostly through polite signs and dirty looks, determined nicotine addicts insist they will continue to smoke in city parkland and pedestrian plazas.
"As long as I pay my taxes, I should be able to smoke where I want," said Chris McGiveney, who smoked and read the paper at the Herald Square pedestrian plaza yesterday. "Tell Bloomberg to pay my taxes, then I'll listen."
"We are against it," smoker Maureen Rodriguez said in Bryant Park. "They say it's unhealthy, but we're old enough to know."
In Bryant Park, many flouted the ban in plain sight of several police officers.
"We have more important things to worry about," one police officer said as he watched half a dozen people puff away.
The Parks Department's 125 Park Enforcement Patrol officers can write $50 tickets to offenders, "but we don't expect many of those tickets to be written," Health Commissioner Thomas Farley said.
"What we have found from other communities with smoke-free parks and beaches is that if there are good signs and an awareness of what the rules are, in general this can be self-enforcing," he said.
But depending on nonsmokers to pressure smokers makes the law toothless, the group NYC Park Advocates said.
"Why are we going through the motions if the law is not going to be enforced?" Geoffrey Croft, the group's president, said.
Lyn Corwin, who ate lunch in Madison Square Park yesterday, said she would be wary of telling a smoker to put out his cigarette.
"People are crazy," she said. "You don't know how other guys are going to respond."
Rebelling against the new law, a group called Cigar Rights of America puffed away at Paley Park, a private park on East 53rd Street.
"Outdoor smoking regulations in this country have no foundation in science. You can't prove it," director J. Glynn Loope said.
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The Parkland City Commission voted last Thursday night by a 3-1 vote to permit Bonita Springs-based builder, WCI , to commence building 196 homes on the land that it owns in Parkland’s Heron Bay community
Our team was present during these council meetings and could definitely feel the frustration in the air. In particular, a former Heron Bay homeowner, John Willis, led the charge in making a valiant claim to deny WCI the right to build. Mr. Willis, and other concerned homeowners, presented evidence that WCI executives were aware about the tainted Chinese Drywall that was being put in their homes, but instead decided not to inform buyers in order to sell more houses.
But, WCI came prepared with their attorneys and argued that the City of Parkland did not have the legal right to deny them the bid to build the 196 homes because of Chinese Drywall issues. The city commissioners heard other disgruntled residents state their claims. But, in the end, the city approved WCI’s bid, because they did not want to be sued by WCI. Parkland Mayor Michael Udine was quoted in the Sun Sentinel recently as saying, “I’m in agreement with how they (the Parkland residents) feel. Our hands were completely tied. We had to do this by law.”
Earlier this month, I wrote an article that received a lot of attention from our readers entitled, Should Builder WCI Be Allowed To Finish Parkland Heron Bay Community? Remember, WCI filed bankruptcy in 2008 and has never fixed any homes with Chinese Drywall. Unlike WCI, builder Toll Brothers , who recently bought and took over the Parkland Golf & Country Club project from WCI, has already purchased dozens of homes in the community with Chinese Drywall and is totally re-mediating them to resell. Many upset homeowners are angered how WCI has turned a blind eye towards their handling, or lack of handling, of homes with Chinese Drywall in Heron Bay, Parkland Golf & Country Club, and other Florida communities.
These homes must be built. Having them stay vacant will only hurt Heron Bay and the overall Parkland real estate market in the long run. But, it will be difficult to break the stigma that is associated with WCI as being a Chinese Drywall builder that cares more about money and their business than their residents. How as real estate professionals am I supposed to sell the great features and benefits of Heron Bay to new perspective homeowners without being honest to my own personal concerns of how WCI has publically and privately handled the Chinese Drywall issues in Parkland? I really hope that actions speak louder than words and that WCI builds 196 amazing homes in Heron Bay and goes above and beyond the call of duty for all residents to be 100% satisifed before, during, and after the building process!
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