The Parks Department went ahead and voted "Yes" to turn a portion of Coney Island's boardwalk into concrete, despite three hours of public testimony delivered in 3-minute, impassioned portions. "'They changed their story every time,' Todd Dobrin said of the Park Department. He grew up in Coney Island and formed Friends of the Boardwalk after he says he was kicked off the local community board for opposing the new proposal." [NYO]
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