Fight continues over Broadway triangle construction

City officials are riled over last week’s ruling allowing a
lawsuit against a contentious rezoning initiative to move forward, according to the Brooklyn Paper. They say the
suit would delay construction of New Housing On The Broadway Triangle
site in South Williamsburg, and endanger state money promised to two
nonprofit organizations slated to develop it.
Forty community groups filed a lawsuit in December, accusing the city
of discriminating against them by rezoning the area with the backing
of the City Council.
Justice Emily Goodman ruled against a city motion to dismiss the case,
saying that evidence of discrimination and segregation was substantial
enough to continue investigating the city’s redevelopment plans, which include the construction of 1,851 housing units. But city
officials maintain that Goodman’s reading of the law is misguided,
since all apartments in the new buildings will be open to Brooklyn residents
regardless of race or ethnicity.