City Council committee vote on Brooklyn Heights Library sale set for Thursday
All eyes on Councilmember Stephen Levin
After months of emotional hearings and hours upon hours of public testimony, the Land Use Committee of the New York City Council is expected to vote on the controversial proposal to sell and redevelop the Brooklyn Heights Library on Thursday.
The proposal envisions a 36-story condo tower at 280 Cadman Plaza West, with some ground floor retail, and 114 units of affordable rentals in Clinton Hill. Hudson Companies would buy the property for $52 million and prepare an interim site on Remsen Street for use during construction.
A smaller replacement branch library would occupy the ground floor and below ground space, and the Business Library would move to Grand Army Plaza. Proceeds from the project will be used to renovate and repair four other libraries in the Brooklyn Public Library system.