Stringer town hall focuses on affordable housing, zoning rules
The need for more affordable housing and the contention that more community input is needed into the city’s new proposed zoning rules were among the main themes of New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer’s Brooklyn town hall meeting on Thursday night.
Some strictly community specific matters were also brought up — including the plan to build new residential towers at the Pier 6 end of Brooklyn Bridge Park.
The meeting was held at the Brooklyn Music School in Fort Greene, a stone’s throw from BAM. A largely working-class crowd packed the school’s auditorium to have their say about whatever was on their minds. Speakers came from all parts of the borough, from Greenpoint and Williamsburg to Brighton Beach.