Local pol continues to call for classrooms at site of proposed Ridge hotel
State Senator Marty Golden met with members of the press on Friday, April 27 across the street from P.S./I.S. 104 to condemn, once again, the six-story, 63-unit hotel proposed for the long-vacant lot in front of which he stood.
The lot in question, 9114 Fifth Avenue, is opposite the notably overcrowded school and, aside from parking for the window purveyors next door, has been vacant and on the market at the hands of a Ridge-based seller for nearly a decade.
Now, there is finally a buyer – Ankit Mehta – and he remains under fire for his plans, permits for which were pre-filed with the Department of Buildings (DOB) just days before Golden’s first public protest of the proposal.