Voices of the Waterfront (VOW) is a coalition of Brooklyn residents and organizations concerned about the Brooklyn Marine Terminal development. We came together in late 2024 as community engagement started. We realized the engagement by the Economic Development Corporation and WXY was inauthentic, misleading, and didn’t allow for a democratic participation based design of the BMT.

The members of the steering committee are:

• Reverend Alfred Adams - New Brown Memorial Baptist Church

• Victoria Alexander - Resilient Red Hook

• Ben Werner - Resilient Red Hook

• Louise Bauso - Public School Teacher/Founder of Red Hook Mutual Aid

• Betty Bernhart - Community Outreach Worker/Red Hook Initiative

• Beth Bingham - City Club of New York/CUNY

• LaDawn Haglund

• Brandon Holley, Board member/The Poverty Project/Red Hook Intiative

• Nico Kean - Chair Executive Committee AD51 County Committee/Various Civic Committees/Music Producer

• John Leyva - Leader/Columbia Waterfront District/Housing Advocate

• Maria Nieto - WGA - Screenwriter/Communications Consultant/Podcast Producer