Council's Land Use Committee Approves Broadway Triangle
The controversial rezoning plan for the Broadway Triangle moved another step closer to final approval with a 12-6 vote in its favor by the City Council Land Use Committee. The plan, which has been attacked for its lack of transparency and competition as well as for being unfairly tilted in favor of the Jewish community,…
The controversial rezoning plan for the Broadway Triangle moved another step closer to final approval with a 12-6 vote in its favor by the City Council Land Use Committee. The plan, which has been attacked for its lack of transparency and competition as well as for being unfairly tilted in favor of the Jewish community, would change the building rules for the 31-acre tract, and in so doing theoretically make way for the creation of 1,851 apartments, 844 of which would theoretically be moderately priced; critics of the plan question whether all of the affordable units will actually get built. Next up in the ULURP approval process: The Department of City Planning, after which the plan gets kicked back for a Council-wide vote, where it could get signed into law before year’s end. A statement from Council Member Al Vann probably paints a pretty good picture of the political process that enables such a dirty bill to carry the day: “While I agree that the process was flawed in that surrounding communities and their representatives were not adequately consulted, I feel a greater loyalty to respect the preference of the Community Board and Council Member whose district is being rezoned.” Yuck.
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Council Committee Approves Broadway Triangle Plan [NY1]
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I was in shock too, blowfish. Nearly 7000 people voted against him in t he primary and did not vote the day of. And if you didn’t look for Mark Griffith’s name on the voting machine it was nearly invisible.If I remember, it was way way down on the right- easily overlooked. I want someone to look into that.
OH, and Al Vann was on the Democratic ticket– many people just vote down the line, without regard. The only reason he won the Democratic nomination is that the primary vote was split among about 8 other opponents. He should not be in office.
Al Vann is the worst. BXgrl– how did he win again? I totally agree with your take on him, and i can’t believe he won anyway. Somehow, 1199SEIU decided to back him, and called 1199 members in Bed-Stuy REPEATEDLY urging them to vote for Al Vann. Not robo-calls, live calls. WHY? There are a lot of 1199 members in Bed-Stuy.
And yet he won re-election by an almost 2:1 ratio.
Al Vannished- all dirty, all lazy, all the time. If ever someone had the ability to talk out of both sides of his face, Al is the master.