Satmars Want to Buy Williamsburg Armory
The 19th-century armory at 355 Marcy Avenue that has been empty for two years is now for sale, and the Hasadim of South Williamsburg want to buy it, reported The New York Times. The overcrowded sect would use the 165,000-square-foot property, known as the 47th Regiment Armory, for housing, school and community space. The New York…
The 19th-century armory at 355 Marcy Avenue that has been empty for two years is now for sale, and the Hasadim of South Williamsburg want to buy it, reported The New York Times. The overcrowded sect would use the 165,000-square-foot property, known as the 47th Regiment Armory, for housing, school and community space. The New York State Empire State Development Corp. plans to soon put out a request for proposals for repurposing the site.
While the state authority has said it hopes to spur âa competitive processâ and capture âthe best value for New York State taxpayers,â it also plans to require in its request for proposals that the site be used to benefit âthe needs and priorities of the local community,â potentially giving an edge to the Satmar Hasidim â an important voting bloc increasingly courted by politicians.
The Satmars of South Williamsburg are pressed for space as gentrification moves southward from north Williamsburg and their own population rapidly grows. For example, a girls’ yeshiva, Bais Rochel, will graduate eight classes of eighth graders this year, but in September, it will need space for 16 classes of first graders. In 1959, the entire Satmar school system had 800 students, and now it has 30,000 in New York City and upstate. In five years, another 4,500 children are expected. âWe know one thing: We are out of space,â said Rabbi Benzion Feuerwerger, head of the girls’ school.
Hasidic Sect Hopes to Buy Huge Armory in Brooklyn [NY Times]
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I can’t wait until the Hasics are exposed. The majority of them are on welfare, receive medicaid, food stamps etc and don’t contribute anything to the tax rolls. The women are eligible for welfare because they married by their Rabbis which The State doesn’t recognize as a legal marriage. In many cases the husband is a multimillionaire business owner or landlord but thry continue to milk the system. Their children are brought up like zombies in a cult society.
They’ll skirt any type of community review process and buy it for peanuts. It should be sold only to non religious organizations to be used for community good