"I personally think that it does make sense to open it to some vehicular traffic, but I have not to this point said that because my personal opinion is not nearly as important as the community's opinion," Goldman told Sing Tao Daily during the meeting at his Lower Manhattan office last week, according to a recording obtained by Streetsblog. "It certainly seems that the significant majority of the community wants Park Row to reopen and what we now need to figure out is first a commitment from the city to reopen it in conjunction with the security concerns and any other issues that need to be taken into account."
Chinatown residents who want to bring a flood of cars back to Park Row gained support from Washington, D.C., as Rep. Dan Goldman recently said he would like to see drivers back on the Lower Manhattan strip that's largely been an NYPD security zone since 9/11.
The federal lawmaker recently told a handful of local news outlets at a low-key meeting that a majority of the Chinatown community wants Park Row revert to private automobile traffic, saying he knows the situation from his years working at the nearby courthouses as an Assistant United States Attorney.
The lawmaker, one of the richest members of Congress, held the limited Q&A last week with Chinese-language media, but the event was not on his public schedule nor did his team post it on his social media accounts. Goldman's office did not respond to multiple requests for comment from Streetsblog.
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