Community Groups Sue City over Broadway Triangle
Opponents of the controversial plan to develop the 31-acre area of East Williamsburg called the Broadway Triangle sued the city yesterday in Supreme Court, charging racial and religious discrimination as well as failure to comply with due process. The coalition of 40 North Brooklyn community groups alleges that the plan for 1,895 new units of…
Opponents of the controversial plan to develop the 31-acre area of East Williamsburg called the Broadway Triangle sued the city yesterday in Supreme Court, charging racial and religious discrimination as well as failure to comply with due process. The coalition of 40 North Brooklyn community groups alleges that the plan for 1,895 new units of housing favor the Hasidic community by including a disproportionate number of three- and four-bedroom apartments to house larger Jewish families and by capping building height at eight stories, since Jews can’t take the elevator on the Sabbath. The suit points out that nearly half of the public housing in the area is currently occupied by Hasidic Jews, despite federal court orders requiring the end of discriminatory practices and despite the fact that the waiting list for such housing has remained at over 90 percent Latino and African American for more than 30 years. It also claims that the Ridgewood-Bushwick Senior Citizens Council and the United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg received exclusive development rights in a no-bid process through their connections to Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D-Williamsburg), and that the city failed to submit its plans for review by Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Community Board 3, as required by land use regulations. Addressing some of these claims back in July, Councilman David Yassky (D-Williamsburg) said, “I want more housing, but I don’t want skyscrapers in the middle of Brooklyn … I can’t imagine that there are real grounds for a lawsuit.” GMAP
Racial and Religious Discrimination Alleged in Triangle [NY Daily News]
City Sued over Triangle Rezoning [Brooklyn Paper]
Triangle Debate Goes On over Eminent Domain [Brownstoner]
The Voice Calls Out Lopez [Brownstoner]
Markowitz Endorses Lopez’s Triangle Plan [Brownstoner]
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Bubble — I guess my white co-worker who went to Tisch and has a rich daddy but hasn’t made one film was just beat down by affirmative action. Why don’t you give it a rest with the racist commentary. You’ve been making it since this thread started. As sad as I find Crooklyn’s Hitler comment, the reality is that people like Bubble make racist comments towards black and latinos every day and it barely registers. No justification, just reality.
We dunno, crooklyn. The same way you find time to promote Hitler and his policies.
Your wife and kids are Jewish?? In a pig’s eye, you liar.
I’m actually not new to brownstoner, i’ve been a part of it for years.
I don’t blog because I’m sick and tired of the same people dominating the site like they own the shit.
Don’t some of you work?
How you find the time to Blog all day?
I have had enough of this. Admin is an idiot to let people say stuff like this. Adios
make that ‘your’.
Why don’t you go and tell your wife that you hope Hitler would have killed all of her family then? Guess what numbnuts, you’re kids would be dead now too!
yeah you sound real smart
Crooklyn always seemed like a total faker to me. Who makes the post “Hi, I want to contribute”? Most newbies just try to chime in on a rushing dialogue.