Billy Freeland is a candidate to represent Roosevelt Island and the Upper East Side in NYC Council District 5, seeking to succeed current City Council Member Ben Kallos who is term limited from running again.Mr Kallos is running to succeed Gale Brewer as Manhattan Borough President.
This morning, Mr Freeland was out shoveling snow in the Second Avenue bike lane by the Queensboro Bridge across from the Roosevelt Island Tram. According to the Twitterverse:
This morning a neighbor reported that the Second Avenue bike lane & pork chop, located at one of NYCs most dangerous corridors (near the Queensboro Bridge) was completely obstructed with snow.@PatrickForNYC and I grabbed our shovels & did the work *our City* should be doing. pic.twitter.com/Dz65NB1N6r
Billy Freeland (@BillyFreelandNY) February 3, 2021
It was extremely gratifying to see cyclistsmany of whom deliver our mealsuse the bike lane once we finished shoveling it. Thanks @pchowla for notifying me.
Billy Freeland (@BillyFreelandNY) February 3, 2021
But: we must demand more of our City. We plow streets for cars. We must plow bike lanes & sidewalks for people. #bikeNYC pic.twitter.com/elEAGi6rpw
For those wondering, yes we *could* buy plows for bike lanes! But the City bureaucracy is so messed up that we cant, even when @kallos and @KeithPowersNYC step up to offer to pay for it.
Billy Freeland (@BillyFreelandNY) February 3, 2021
Read more here from @GershKuntzman @StreetsblogNYC: https://t.co/7bA5z3mBgn
Learn more about Mr Freeland at his campaign website.
Mr Freeland’s opponents in the June 22 Democratic Party Primary are:
UPDATE 8:10 PM:
Thanks just to clarify, I did this as part of UES Mutual Aid. Patrick Bobilin and others got it off the ground, and its doing great work helping neighbors and keeping streets clean. I hope people will follow uesmutualaid on Instagram and get involved if theyd like!
Billy Freeland (@BillyFreelandNY) February 4, 2021