Friday, December 05, 2008
Williamsburg residents call for more low income housing towers
These Brooklyn residents won't mind if tall towers rise in their backyard.
In fact, they're calling on the city to revise a rezoning plan for Broadway Triangle in Williamsburg to include more low-income housing - in towers, if necessary.
Donlin could not explain why city property at 100 Throop Ave. was awarded without a formal Request for Proposals but said it wasn't out of the ordinary.
Critics expressed outrage that the property was given away before the rezoning to two politically powerful organizations - Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Center, which has ties to Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D-Williamsburg) and the Hasidic group United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg.
"This a clear indication the city is moving ahead with the plan [and] chosen who they're going to deal with," said Councilwoman Diana Reyna (D-Williamsburg).
Lopez said no one had gotten special favors, noting he supported 100% affordable housing for the area. But he added he could not support building towers, citing the repeated votes of the local community board for "contextual zoning.
"We're at the beginning of the process," he said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/12/05/2008-12-05_residents_call_for_more_low_income_housi.html
In fact, they're calling on the city to revise a rezoning plan for Broadway Triangle in Williamsburg to include more low-income housing - in towers, if necessary.
Donlin could not explain why city property at 100 Throop Ave. was awarded without a formal Request for Proposals but said it wasn't out of the ordinary.
Critics expressed outrage that the property was given away before the rezoning to two politically powerful organizations - Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Center, which has ties to Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D-Williamsburg) and the Hasidic group United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg.
"This a clear indication the city is moving ahead with the plan [and] chosen who they're going to deal with," said Councilwoman Diana Reyna (D-Williamsburg).
Lopez said no one had gotten special favors, noting he supported 100% affordable housing for the area. But he added he could not support building towers, citing the repeated votes of the local community board for "contextual zoning.
"We're at the beginning of the process," he said.
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/12/05/2008-12-05_residents_call_for_more_low_income_housi.html
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