OPINION: Pro and con on Pier 6 development
Brooklyn Electeds Statement on Brooklyn Bridge Park Announcement
State Sen. Daniel Squadron, Congresswoman Nydia Velázquez, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon, Councilmember Brad Lander and Councilmember Stephen Levin released the following joint statement regarding the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation’s announcement of a developer for Pier 6:
It’s disappointing that the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation has elected to go ahead and recommend more luxury condo towers in the park despite its agreement to participate in a robust public process that has not yet been completed. It’s also disappointing that this proposal shows no meaningful improvement in the areas of building heights, elementary school space, or the actual park itself. Further, the “affordable units” in this project raise serious questions about income levels and the best use of this public resource. The most important silver lining to this proposal is that we now know it would provide good, secure jobs.