City Council Approves Broadway Triangle Rezoning

Two weeks after its Land Use Committee gave its approval, the City Council voted 38-10 in favor of a rezoning plan that would make way for the creation of 1,851 units of housing on a 31-acre tract of land at the intersection of Bed Stuy, Williamsburg and Bushwick known as the Broadway Triangle; the project is supposed to include over 800 units of affordable housing. The ten dissenting votes reflected widespread concerns of a process that lacked transparency and favored certain groups in the neighborhood over others. That favoritism prompted a coalition of 40 neighborhood groups to file suit back in September; The Brooklyn Paper reports that the coalition will be filing an expanded suit this morning in the wake of the council vote.
Housing Plan Approved for Broadway Triangle [NY Times]
Council OK’s Broadway Triangle Rezoning [Brooklyn Paper]
A Step Forward for Broadway Triangle [Brownstoner]
The Fate of the Broadway Triangle [Brownstoner]
Community Groups Sue City over Broadway Triangle [Brownstoner]