Brooklyn neighborhood sues to block luxury high-rise
Residents of Prospect Lefferts Gardens and surrounding neighborhoods have filed a lawsuit against New York state and a high-end private real estate development company to block the construction of a proposed 23-story luxury high-rise building. Citing environmental concerns and a desire to respect and preserve the context of existing architecture, the suit requests a halt to the development process.
Hudson Companies Incorporated obtained approval from the New York State Housing Finance Agency to develop a residential tower in Brooklyn’s Prospect Lefferts Gardens neighborhood — a mixed-income area with a number of low-rise residential buildings.
Six residents and a number of community groups, including Prospect Park East Network (PPEN), Flatbush Tenant Coalition, the Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC), and the Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association (PLGNA), joined together to bring forth allegations that Hudson received over $72 million in public funds without obtaining a requisite environmental impact analysis.