Sullivan For Albany Common Council President

Democratic Primary, Tuesday, September 15 Noon- 9 pm

Leadership results as President of the Buckingham
Pond/Crestwood Neighborhood Association, 22 years.

SULLIVAN LEADERSHIP has contributed to:

* Restoration of Crestwood Plaza as a neighborhood retail-service plaza anchored by Crestwood Pharmacy (2005)
* Defeat of a proposed 12 story luxury apartment tower/parking garage comlex on a 7 acre steep-sloped, wooded ravine containing 2 small wetlands on Krum Kill Rd (2004)
* County clean-up of the "Boopsie" brownfield site, Whitehall at New Scotland Ave and defeat of 2 attempted commercial rezoning attempts for the three-quarter acre parcel (1994-2000)

* Advocating the 3/4 acre parcel become the Dan O'Connell Memorial Pocket Park.

* Halting County second round spraying in result to emergence of West Nile Virus in mosquitoes, Advocated use of biological controls (2000)
* Defeat of 2 attempts to build a huge megabox drug store at Krum Kill Rd and News Scotland Ave (1999-2000)
* Defeat of proposals to build a 3rd middle school at Whitehall Rd or on Krum Kill Rd (2000)
* Defeat of two attempts to rezone 635 New Scotland Ave (at South Manning Blvd) commercial (1997-98)
* Rezoning Albany Muni Golf Course and Hartmann Rd Community Garden site Land Conservation (1994) Defeat of luxury housing proposal on 60 acres of old back nine, which would have obscured views of Catskill Mt Three Sisters Peaks (1993)
* Rezoning Buckingham Pond and adjacent lands, Land Conservation resulting in creation of Buckingham Pond Park (1994)
* Defeat of proposal to convert Mercy convent, New Scotland Ave into office building (1994)
* Creation of permanent green spaces on New Scotland Ave at South Manning; and the conifer screened acre at Krum Kill Rd/ New Scotland Ave (1987)

* Promotion of senior housing construction on the 8-10 acres of woodland, Whitehall Rd and
News Scotland, so that long term neighborhood senior residents can transition from their
current single family homes and remain in the neighborhood.

* Promotion of a 23 acre neighborhood green belt bordered by Krum Kill Rd/ Crescent Dr
Rte 85 and NYS Thruway. See neighborhood website for details.
http://bpcnanews.blogspot.com/

J P Sullivan