Tuesday, December 22, 2009
City Council approves Mayor Bloomberg's Broadway Triangle plan for Williamsburg
The City Council passed Mayor Bloomberg's controversial plan to build housing at Williamsburg's Broadway Triangle - including 800 affordable units.
Opponents had charged two politically connected groups got no-bid land giveaways from the city to develop apartments that will favor Hasidic families over blacks and Latinos.
Bloomberg said the Brooklyn plan will "transform a largely vacant and underutilized area into a thriving new neighborhood."
Opponents, who have brought a suit saying the plan breaks anti-discrimination laws, plan to ask a judge today to issue an injunction to stop it.
The Council okayed the project, 36 to 10, Monday.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/12/22/2009-12-22_okay_given_to_triangle_plans.html
Opponents had charged two politically connected groups got no-bid land giveaways from the city to develop apartments that will favor Hasidic families over blacks and Latinos.
Bloomberg said the Brooklyn plan will "transform a largely vacant and underutilized area into a thriving new neighborhood."
Opponents, who have brought a suit saying the plan breaks anti-discrimination laws, plan to ask a judge today to issue an injunction to stop it.
The Council okayed the project, 36 to 10, Monday.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/12/22/2009-12-22_okay_given_to_triangle_plans.html
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