"Somewhere, maybe, Woody Allen finally regrets opposing that bike lane. Among the millions of pages the federal government released on Friday - as part of the wide-ranging pedophilia scandal involving Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton, Alan Dershowitz, Donald Trump and other figures - a single page involving the film auteur and groomer stands out as a perfect crystallization of New York privilege, wealth, contempt for the public and flat-out NIMBYism."
"Streetsblog readers will remember Allen's appearance at a now-notorious May 2016 meeting of the transportation committee of Upper East Side Community Board 8. Allen attended the meeting to express his opposition to a painted bike lane on E. 70th Street, where he lives with his wife, Soon-Yi Previn (who is also the adopted daughter of Allen's ex-partner, the actor Mia Farrow)."
""i can't beleive [sic] you went to the commminuty [sic] meeeting [sic] on bike lanes. ? nothing better to do? or were they serving food," he wrote in an email to Previn, according to the chain released by the Justice Department, which accurately included the typos, extra spaces and the failure of the wealthy Epstein to use proper punctuation or capital letters. (For the record: no refreshments were served.)"
Federal releases tied to the Jeffrey Epstein scandal included a page linking Woody Allen to New York privilege and NIMBYism. The released chain shows Allen attending a May 2016 Upper East Side Community Board 8 transportation meeting with Soon-Yi Previn to oppose a painted bike lane on E. 70th Street. Local outlets reported the meeting the next day. Epstein emailed Previn, mocking the meeting attendance and using poor punctuation and typos, while Previn replied that Allen did not want the bike lane on their block. Allen publicly called the Department of Transportation plan "unacceptable."
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