A Step Forward for Broadway Triangle
The big affordable housing project that the city wants to build at the Broadway Triangle in Williamsburg took one step closer to becoming a reality yesterday when City Planning voted 12-1 in its favor, reported the Gotham Gazette. As we reported earlier this month, yesterday was also supposed to be the first day in court…
The big affordable housing project that the city wants to build at the Broadway Triangle in Williamsburg took one step closer to becoming a reality yesterday when City Planning voted 12-1 in its favor, reported the Gotham Gazette. As we reported earlier this month, yesterday was also supposed to be the first day in court for the coalition of 40 local groups suing city to block the 1,850-unit project on the grounds that the development is biased in favor of the Hasidic community that is prevalent in the neighborhood and that the planning process failed to include input from the broader population. The next step in the ULURP process is for City Council to weigh in.
Broadway Triangle, Kingsbridge Armory Approved [Gotham Gazette]
The Fate of the Broadway Triangle [Brownstoner]
Community Groups Sue City over Broadway Triangle [Brownstoner]
And for the record- I think its wrong to give the Hasidic community preference.
Should it be my Big Fat Christian Housing Project? They’re Hasids- call it that. Jews like myself are neither the recipients of any of their largess, nor are we part of that community. And I don’t wish to be.
It’s my big fat Jewish housing project!