Controversy grows over plans to redevelop Bedford-Union Armory
Mayor Promises a ‘Hard Look’ at the Project After Community Blasts ‘Shady’ Developer’s Involvement
As if the current steamy weather wasn’t enough, angry community groups are turning up the heat in their opposition to the planned redevelopment of the Bedford-Union Armory in Crown Heights.
Earlier in the week, several local activist groups loudly called for Slate Property Group to be pulled off the project to redevelop the long-vacant, 138,000-square-foot armory into market-rate and affordable housing, a recreation center and condominiums.
The groups, including New York Communities for Change and the Crown Heights Tenant Union, argued that Slate can’t be trusted to make good on its pledge to develop 150 units of affordable housing at the armory site.