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June 1, 2007
5th Ave facility moves forward
The Brooklyn Paper
By Michael McLaughlin
A controversial supportive housing facility proposed for Fifth Avenue moved forward last week when the City Planning Commission gave its approval for the five-story, 49-unit building at what is currently a municipal parking lot on 16th Street.
“It’s very reassuring they saw the merits of the project,” Fifth Avenue Committee Executive Director Michelle de la Uz said after the May 23 vote.
NoLandGrab: Word on the street and the political grapevine is that this facility ran into turbulent political waters when Borough President Marty Markowitz and City Councilmember Bill deBlasio were poised to block the project as payback to Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC) for expressing criticisms against Bruce Ratner's controversial Atlantic Yards project.
The community rallied around FAC, and Markowitz and deBlasio had to backtrack.
Posted by lumi at June 1, 2007 10:17 AM