Each option asks one of the 5 NY State officials with the most direct authority over BPCA to use it. Call (~60 sec), fax (free, ~30 sec), or physical USPS mail (~$3.22).
Why this matters. Legislative staff treat physical letters, faxes, and phone calls as direct constituent communication — logged, often shown to the member. Email is filtered. A stack of constituent letters and a flurry of calls from BPC residents in the same week is hard to ignore.
The letters don't ask BPCA to do anything. They ask these five officials to use their authority to make BPCA act. Gov. Hochul appoints the BPCA board. Sen. Kavanagh and Asm. Fall are BPC's state legislators — they can hold oversight hearings. Comptroller DiNapoli can audit BPCA. AG James can investigate it.
Worried about reaching out? You don't need to be.
It's your First Amendment right. The Petition Clause protects every resident's ability to ask the government to act — citizen or non-citizen. State and local officials hear from non-citizens all the time on local issues; it has no immigration relevance.
Your info stays in their office, not the public record. Constituent staff log letters and calls internally. They don't publish your name or address. (Compare a petition — those can be public; what you're doing here is private correspondence.)
Tenants are specifically protected. NY Real Property Law §223-b makes it illegal for landlords to retaliate against tenants for contacting public officials about community concerns. And BPCA isn't your landlord — they hold the underlying ground lease, not your apartment.
It's literally what staff do all day. Constituent service teams handle thousands of letters and calls. The members count them. You're not being a pest — you're being a constituent.
1Fill in your details
Your name and BPC address go in the signature block of each letter. Nothing is saved on our side.
No master "generate" button. When you click Download letter + open FaxZero or Download letter + open Mailform on any recipient card below, two things happen at once: (1) that recipient's PDF downloads to your device, and (2) the send service opens in a new tab. You then upload the just-downloaded PDF on that site. Your name from above will also appear in the call scripts.
Preview the letters (shared context + a specific ask to each office)
Shared context (every letter starts with these three paragraphs)
Battery Park City Authority is removing 500 mature trees for the North/West Battery Park City Resiliency Project — more than 40% of every tree in the project area, and roughly 80% on the South Esplanade alone. This is a state authority's project on state-owned land.
The project's Final EIS Alternatives Chapter shows that none of the seven reaches was designed around tree retention as a primary objective. Only one reach contains a tree-count comparison across alternatives — Reach 1, comparing 25 trees versus 5 trees. For Reaches 2 through 7, no equivalent comparison exists.
SEQRA's "hard look" standard, applied through 6 NYCRR 617.9(a)(7), requires the agency to genuinely examine alternatives that could mitigate significant environmental impacts. Removing 40% of a public park's mature trees is a significant impact. Yet no reach was designed with retention as a primary objective — meaning the single most consequential mitigation alternative was never seriously studied.
Then a specific ask to each office
To Gov. Hochul — Direct your BPCA board appointees to pause removals pending per-tree justification, retention-first alternatives by reach, and independent expert review; make these analyses a condition of further project work.
To Sen. Kavanagh — Formally request that BPCA publish the per-tree justification and retention-first alternatives the FEIS should have included, and hold a State Senate oversight hearing on whether BPCA met SEQRA's "hard look" standard.
To Asm. Fall — Formally request that BPCA publish those analyses, and join in calling for State Assembly oversight on whether BPCA met SEQRA's "hard look" standard for NWBPCR.
To Comptroller DiNapoli — Open an audit examining whether BPCA's FEIS alternatives analysis met SEQRA's "hard look" standard, whether the December 2025 +65-tree increase warranted a Supplemental EIS, and the fiscal stewardship implications of irreversible canopy loss.
To AG James — Open an inquiry into whether BPCA met SEQRA's "hard look" requirement, specifically whether the FEIS alternatives analysis genuinely considered tree retention as a primary design objective in each reach.
2Call, fax, or mail each official
How each button works — read this first.
📞 Call — on mobile, opens your phone dialer with the number ready. On desktop, you'll see the number to dial. Open the "60-second script" inside the card to see exactly what to say (with your name filled in).
📠 Download letter + open FaxZero (free) — two things happen on one click: (1) a PDF of that recipient's letter is downloaded to your device, and (2) FaxZero.com opens in a new tab. On FaxZero: upload the just-downloaded PDF, paste the fax number, enter your email, send. Takes ~30 seconds, free.
✉️ Download letter + open Mailform ($3.22) — same idea: (1) PDF downloads, (2) Mailform.io opens. On Mailform: upload the PDF, paste the mailing address, pay ~$3.22. Mailform prints and mails it USPS first-class.
Gov. Kathy Hochul
Appoints the BPCA board; can direct BPCA to pause removals via her appointees.
Phone:518-474-8390
Fax:518-474-1513
Mail to:The Honorable Kathy Hochul, Governor of New York State, NYS State Capitol Building, Albany, NY 12224
📞 Show 60-second script for the call
Hi, my name is [your name], and I'm a Battery Park City resident. I'm calling about BPCA's North/West Resiliency project — they're cutting 500 mature trees, more than 40% of every tree in the project area. The project's Final EIS Alternatives Chapter shows no design alternative was built around saving the trees. I'm asking Governor Hochul to use her authority over the BPCA board to direct a pause on further removals until BPCA publishes per-tree justification, retention-first design alternatives, and submits both to independent review. Thank you for your time.
Represents BPC in the State Senate; chairs Housing/Construction/Community Development. Can hold an oversight hearing.
Phone:212-298-5565
Fax:518-426-6956
Mail to:Senator Brian Kavanagh, 250 Broadway, Suite 2011, New York, NY 10007
📞 Show 60-second script for the call
Hi, my name is [your name], and I'm a Battery Park City resident in Senator Kavanagh's district. I'm calling about BPCA's North/West Resiliency project — they're cutting 500 mature trees, more than 40% of every tree in the project area. The project's Final EIS Alternatives Chapter shows no design alternative was built around saving the trees. I'm asking Senator Kavanagh to hold a State Senate oversight hearing on whether BPCA met SEQRA's hard-look standard, and to formally request that BPCA publish per-tree justification and retention-first design alternatives before any further removals. Thank you for your time.
Represents BPC in the State Assembly (post-2022 redistricting). Can join in calling for Assembly oversight.
Phone:718-442-9932
Fax:718-442-9942
Mail to:Assemblymember Charles D. Fall, 250 Broadway, 22nd Floor, Suite 2203, New York, NY 10007
📞 Show 60-second script for the call
Hi, my name is [your name], and I'm a Battery Park City resident in Assemblymember Fall's district — District 61. I'm calling about BPCA's North/West Resiliency project — they're cutting 500 mature trees, more than 40% of every tree in the project area. The project's Final EIS Alternatives Chapter shows no design alternative was built around saving the trees. I'm asking Assemblymember Fall to join in calling for State Assembly oversight on SEQRA compliance, and to formally request that BPCA publish per-tree justification and retention-first design alternatives before any further removals. Thank you for your time.
Audits NY State authorities, including BPCA. Can open an audit of SEQRA compliance on this project.
Phone:212-383-1600
Fax:518-473-8940
Mail to:The Honorable Thomas P. DiNapoli, Office of the State Comptroller, 110 State Street, Albany, NY 12236
📞 Show 60-second script for the call
Hi, my name is [your name], and I'm a Battery Park City resident. I'm calling about BPCA's North/West Resiliency project — they're cutting 500 mature trees, more than 40% of every tree in the project area. The project's Final EIS Alternatives Chapter shows no design alternative was built around saving the trees. I'm asking Comptroller DiNapoli to open an audit of BPCA examining whether the alternatives analysis met SEQRA's hard-look standard, the December 2025 tree-count increase without a Supplemental EIS, and the fiscal stewardship of irreversible canopy loss. Thank you for your time.
Can investigate state-authority conduct independently of the Governor.
Phone:1-800-771-7755
Fax:518-650-9401
Mail to:The Honorable Letitia James, Office of the NY State Attorney General, The Capitol, Albany, NY 12224-0341
📞 Show 60-second script for the call
Hi, my name is [your name], and I'm a Battery Park City resident. I'm calling about BPCA's North/West Resiliency project — they're cutting 500 mature trees, more than 40% of every tree in the project area. The project's Final EIS Alternatives Chapter shows no design alternative was built around saving the trees. I'm asking the Attorney General to open an inquiry into whether BPCA met SEQRA's hard-look requirement — specifically whether the FEIS alternatives analysis genuinely considered tree retention as a primary design objective in each reach. Thank you for your time.