Assemblyman Fall should look into his own house (letter to the editor)

Iwrite in response to Assemblyman Charles Fall’s November 22 opinion piece.

Notably, most of Mr. Fall’s complaints originate at the threshold of his own office, not with the incoming mayor. His neighbors in Mariners Harbor endure some of the nation’s longest public commutes, yet he has failed to advance the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) plan he cites. That proposal languishes not at City Hall, but at the State-run MTA.

On transportation, Councilmember Kamillah Hanks — not the assemblyman — recently announced the restoration of the Staten Island–Brooklyn ferry. And while Mr. Fall highlights his vote to maintain the Verrazzano Bridge discount, he omits that the same bill installed speed cameras across Staten Island, where roughly 80% of residents must rely on cars.

Outrageously, Fall even intr