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Huge news on the Lower East Side:
A court ruling put the brakes on the Two Bridges towers. A judge nixed the permit, and says the whole thing needs to go through public review.
thecity.nyc/2019/08/two-br…
A court ruling put the brakes on the Two Bridges towers. A judge nixed the permit, and says the whole thing needs to go through public review.
thecity.nyc/2019/08/two-br…
The Two Bridges decision by Judge Arthur Engoron begins with this quotation from "Greater Gotham" by historian Mike Wallace:
“They wanted not a scattershot, profit-driven chaotic, and ugly city but one that was orderly, civic-minded, planned, and beautiful."
“They wanted not a scattershot, profit-driven chaotic, and ugly city but one that was orderly, civic-minded, planned, and beautiful."
What did @galeabrewer have to say about the ruling?
“We’re ecstatic,” she told @THECITYNY. “It was a big project and if you thought of messing with it without having community input — it’s not going to hold water.”
“We’re ecstatic,” she told @THECITYNY. “It was a big project and if you thought of messing with it without having community input — it’s not going to hold water.”
@galeabrewer @THECITYNY The decision does a lot, including:
-Vacating the developments' previously approved permit
-Forcing the project to go through ULURP
-Blocking the Dept. of Buildings from issuing permits and
-Forbidding construction to begin until after ULURP is done
-Vacating the developments' previously approved permit
-Forcing the project to go through ULURP
-Blocking the Dept. of Buildings from issuing permits and
-Forbidding construction to begin until after ULURP is done
@galeabrewer @THECITYNY Under current plans, the three sites in the development known as Two Bridges would bring up to 2,775 apartments to the area, of which approximately 700 would be affordable.
