Earlier this month during a visit to Sunset Park, Sen. Hilary Clinton voiced her concerns about the plans to build 1,200 luxury condos in Brooklyn Bridge Park. “I think it’s a little disingenuous to say, ‘Oh, we’re going to make this self-sustaining by essentially taking parkland, which was given to the city for a specific purpose, and turning it into yet another luxury condominium project,” she said. But now, Clinton’s changing her tune. In a letter she wrote a letter to Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corp. President Wendy Leventer this week, Clinton states, “I do not support legal action to oppose the park.” When she expressed concerns about the condos, she apparently wasn’t aware of the “ongoing revenue stream” they would provide to help maintain the park.

“We think she’s been grossly misled by her political cronies and handlers,” said Brooklyn Bridge Park Defense Fund President Judi Francis. Sources say that Borough President Marty Markowitz, Millman and Brooklyn Bridge Conservancy President Marianna Koval spoke to Clinton staffers about her earlier comments.
Hil Backs Park Condo Plan [NY Daily News]
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