Monday, October 19, 2009

Civic group charges that city colluded with Brooklyn developer

From The Brooklyn Paper:

Opponents of a planned high-rise near the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO sued to stop the project this week on the grounds that the city colluded with the developer and allowed him to expand the perimeter of his project site to take advantage of zoning perks.

The suit by the nascent DUMBO Neighborhood Foundation names the Department of City Planning, the City Planning Commission, the City Council, the Department of Education, and the School Construction Authority as guilty of improperly allowing the development company Two Trees Management to win a zoning change that paves the way for a planned 17-story project that includes a public middle school as a sweetener to seal the deal.

“There was a concerted effort to advance this project at any cost,” said Gus Sheha, a plaintiff in the case. “When you connect the dots, it’s apparent that people didn’t do their due diligence for a reason: they wanted to pass this.”

4 comments:

Gary the Agnostic said...

Shocking. Terribly shocking. I never expected this out of the Bloomberg administration...

Anonymous said...

That flying Walenta looks like a "low flier"...keilbasa lips and all!

Anonymous said...

Looks like Dr. Evil's son.

Anonymous said...

Give this about 5 weeks and it's a new "law and Order" episode.