Our Story

The DUMBO Action Committee (DAC) began as a Facebook group in November 2016 after residents, Mallory Kasdan and Melissa Prober, bonded over their shared neighborhood concerns while taking their kids to school. As development continued, so did the issues:  traffic jams, constant construction, an overrun subway stop, tourists and tour buses flooding the area and overall safety and sanitation. More and more residents, some here for decades, others brand new, have raised their hands to say, "Hold up! We need to look at how we can better balance progress with quality of life."

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DAC is a way for our community to come together, so that we can collectively voice what is in the best interests of our neighborhood--and have a fighting chance in the rooms where decisions are being made without our input.

 

It is a cause far beyond sharing a photo on social media. After all, we live here. ​​​​