NYU's green buys them p.r. but they congest streets with empty buses & trolleys. NYU uses Lafeyette St. as bus depot. NYU not good green partner...

NYU is a not for profit org. with the deepest pockets and most powerful connections plus p.r. people. Here is the sign stating how wonderful they are going green but it hides the enormous pain and anger of communities which NYU stirs where ever they go until they either push us out or die, oops that is a bit harsh but it seems our very existence and our true feelings has become an "inconvenient truth". We have become an inconvenience and our voices, speaking up is part of the American tradition but how often do you read about how outraged the communities are city wide where they are fighting Columbia University, here NYU, in Brooklyn Ratner development and more...City wide people fighting community crushing development feel simpatico. It should be noted it feels like a death of "old New York" especially for me. I see the NYU Palladium mega dorms, The New School mega dorm...more concrete and I remember the parishioners crying and praying on the street after being turned out of St. Ann's. I see all hideous concrete and no green except for people profiting from making St. Ann's into a mega dorm. We continue to lose icons including community activists. A community member that attended Hilly's funeral told me she thought of me when the topic of NYU destroying the area came up. A true gentleman who sat with me at the City Council meeting on DOB is now in Heaven and of course NYU can't wait to push us out. They wait for buildings to empty to make in to student housing.

Why can't they get rid of most of these half empty buses and trolleys that congest our narrow streets and at least park them on NYU's private property by the massive housing NYU has on Houston Street, etc.

Sty Town was not meant to be student housing but affordable housing and some how graduates get to the head of the list and stay on there. Students say they can't afford public transportation. Than NYU should give these students major discounts so they can afford a city bus or supply bicycles.

NYU thinks green is taking over our green spaces like Washington Square Park and Union Square Park and they bring in thousands upon thousands of students so I suggest to NYU they build gardens on every building and even hold their graduation other than a public park. It is wrong to turn the people of this city out of our park for a private not for profit no. 1 real estate magnate that is not a good partner with the communities where they continue to expand their empire from Stuy Town down the tip of Manhattan. NYU has destroyed the East Village. John Sexton is our Ahab and I urge you to visit St. Ann's mega dorm 120 East 12th Street and see for yourself. NYU's logo should be the Palladium dorm with a dollar bill and not our historic Washington Square Arch because they tear down our historic buildings.

The only "green" NYU cares about is all the real estate they own and lease in NYC and all the money they save not having to pay taxes on it. I am told NYU has expanded it's empire abroad as well. NYU's people and good friends can say what they want but look at their actions. We can't even get them to update their maps to show us what their true real estate holding are here. Could you imagine maps on the sides of all the buildings including the Bowery and 2nd Street which has no NYU flag or map and showed what they really own, lease and it would be fascinating to include faculty, staff and even housing NYU has for parents. Most of all we want them to stop being a partner in the community and leave the village East and West alone.