Neighbors, Electeds Sue City Over Walentases’ Dock Street Project

City Council approval apparently failed to extinguish the fight against the Walentas family’s Dock Street project in Dumbo. On Wednesday, a neighborhood group announced it had filed a lawsuit against the city regarding the planned apartment building by the Brooklyn Bridge, challenging the approval of the project.

They raised red flags over a number Read More

Council Approves Dock Street, 40-9

David Yassky was officially overruled.
This afternoon the City Council approved the Dock Street apartment building in DUMBO by a vote of 40 to 9, in a rare move that overruled the local Council member, Yassky, on a land use project.
The vote came after the project received support from Council Speaker Christine Read More

The Developers Who Came in From the Cold

Letitia James is not generally known as a friend of the development community. Thus far, the Fort Greene lawmaker’s five and a half years in the City Council have been defined by unwavering opposition to the planned Atlantic Yards housing and arena mega-project.

But, on May 21, she was leading a rally and a press Read More