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July 27, 2006
Sierra Club Tries on Two Suits for Size
Brooklyn Downtown Star
By Nik Kovac
The local chapter of the Sierra club takes on some serious local land use issues:
Until this year, the nation's oldest and largest environmental advocacy group hadn't bothered to involve itself in any New York City litigation for over two decades. In just the last four months, however, the Sierra Club has now already filed briefs in two such cases - both in Brooklyn.
In March they got involved on the side of community activists hoping to change the Atlantic Yards project, and just last week they did the same in opposition to the current Brooklyn Bridge Park plans.
The "friend of the court" brief they filed along with Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB) against Atlantic Yards was limited in scope, addressing only process concerns surrounding a particular environmental lawyer's alleged conflict of interest. Their more recent "friend of the court" brief supporting the Brooklyn Bridge Park Defense Fund (BBPDF) is much more wide-ranging and dire.
Posted by lumi at July 27, 2006 5:51 AM