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August 1, 2008
Parents of St. Ann's School kids don't want U.S. Probation office as neighbor
NY Daily News
By John Marzulli
Parents of one of NYC's most exclusive private schools are upset at Forest City Ratner and the development company's newest tenant, a Federal Probation Office:
Parents of students at the snooty St. Ann's School in Brooklyn Heights are outraged at the feds for relocating the U.S. Probation office - and its 1,700 convicted offenders on supervised release - to the same high-rise office building where about 100 kids attend classes.
Chief Judge Raymond Dearie was bombarded with questions hurled by angry and fearful parents at a meeting Wednesday night in the federal courthouse.
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The Probation Department had to find new space after its leases at buildings on Clinton St. and Livingston St. were scheduled to expire this month. The General Services Administration received only one bid - from Forest City Ratner - and signed a 10-year, $3 million lease for 1 Pierrepont. The Federal Defenders office is moving in, too."We were never informed by the landlord or the court who the tenant was going to be," said Larry Weiss, the head of St. Ann's, where tuition is about $25,000 a year.
Posted by lumi at August 1, 2008 4:27 AM