Election Year To Do List

ELECTION YEAR TO DO LIST
ITEM No. 1:

ABOLISH THE BOARD OF STANDARDS AND APPEALS*
For many New Yorkers,
The BSA is
A totally unknown entity.

——-THE BOARD OF STANDARDS AND APPEAL
Yet its impact
Is felt in every neighborhood
In this City.

———–OARD OF STANDARDS AND APPEA
A quasi-judicial agency,
The BSA is comprised of 5 commissioners
Appointed by the mayor for 6-year terms.

————-F STANDARDS AND APPE
A perfect example of unrepresentative government,
It is time for this unresponsive, undemocratic bureaucratic body
To Go.

———–TANDARDS AND AP
Unfortunately, the BSA
Has been allowed
To mushroom
Into a
Huge
Loop———–hole

For
Developers
Who
Want
To
Circumvent
The Law.

—–RDS AND AP
To justify their favorable actions towards developers, the BSA will frequently rely on their “quasi-judicial” status as a defense.

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* Taken from “Abolish the Board of Standards and Appeals!” pub. in the Queens Ledger by Tony Avella 8/7/2008.

c. 2008 Graziella Radici