From the NY Times:The New York City Council and a group of tenants sued the Bloomberg administration on Thursday over plans to lease land in public housing developments for the creation of market-rate apartments.
The lawsuit, filed in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, stems from a long-running controversy over the New York City Housing Authority’s proposal to raise revenue for repairs and capital projects by allowing private developers to build on the grounds of eight public housing projects in Manhattan.
Housing officials have given developers a Nov. 18 deadline for proposing ideas — so-called expressions of interest — but it was unclear whether they would be able to select construction projects before the change in administration that will follow the November mayoral election.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs say the lawsuit is intended to forestall any deals with developers before Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s term is over.
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So maybe there is hope for derailing the Vallone Towers in Old Astoria after all.
Why is it that all the subsidized houses seems to be stuck real close to the projects? The government is trying to say that people who are making 50-60000/year are now considered "project type of people"? It seems to boggle my mind how the government is pushing the middle incomers into the projects!!
Too bad. Now the projects will continue to have no hope other for being anything better than the pieces of shit they are.
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