![]() ![]() For ordinary people, this is how history happens.ĭad was brought up in Robert Moses’ New York – a city undergoing major infrastructural development to produce a sprawling highway network. ![]() He was young and with friends, and so they laced up their skates. He didn’t know that he was gliding above one of the city’s most contested planning projects, or what kind of impact it would have on his life. He wasn’t a politician or an urban planner – he was a child, concerned with the size of his clip-on roller skates, and whether they’d fit over shoes large enough to support his lanky frame. He didn’t live in East Tremont or Spuyten Duyvil, which were literally cut through by the highway, but he did live in between Fordham Heights and Kingsbridge Heights, about two miles north of the new road. Born in 1953, he would have been seven or eight when New York City’s massive thoroughfare reached the peak of its construction, facilitated by the destruction of many tight-knit Bronx neighbourhoods. Police are investigating.My father rollerskated on the Cross-Bronx Expressway before it opened to car traffic. ![]() The constituency office of London North Centre MP Peter Fragiskatos at 231 Hyman St. He said those cameras did capture images of those responsible in the most recent incidents and the matter is in the hands of police. However, acts of vandalism during the pandemic prompted staff to add cameras. These are things I'm wrestling with and, to be honest, when I was first elected these are not questions I thought I would have to answer but I'm now thinking about them."įragiskatos said when the office on Hyman Street was first opened, there were no security cameras. He said these incidents and more serious interactions at other political offices has him worried about how far protestors will go, "About the office being occupied. I have called for a focus on humanitarian aid and international law, but I have not called for a ceasefire because I think we have to be very careful as a middle-power to expend our energy in a way that's going to get results." He continues to stand by his stance, "I have not called for a ceasefire. 10, 2023, is concerned acts of vandalism may escalate after his office was targeted for the second time in three weeks. London MP Peter Fragiskatos, seen on Nov. 22, the doors and windows of the office were sprayed with ketchup at the same time a rally for Palestine was taking place in Victoria Park, not far from the office.įragiskatos feels he has been targeted over the government's stance identifying Hamas as a terrorist organization and supporting Israel's right to defend itself, "Those who perpetrated the vandalism clearly disagree with the federal government's position on the issue and my position." That is sacrosanct, but vandalism is not protest." “It's a fundamental right protected by the charter of rights in this country. ![]() He defends the right to protest but said acts of vandalism cross a line. "This is completely unacceptable,” said Fragiskatos. The constituency office of London North Centre MP Peter Fragiskatos was splattered with red paint sometime early Friday morning, according to office staff. ![]()
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