Sunset Parkers protest Industry City rezoning plans
Sunset Park organizations and residents rallied outside of Community Board 7’s March 13 meeting about plans to rezone Industry City.
Both the meeting and the protest came on the heels of the waterfront’s announcement that it would delay a plan to increase Industry City’s total usable space from 5.3 to 6.6 million square feet dedicated to the building of hotels, as well as additional retail space and academic centers.
Several people stood outside the district office at 4201 Fourth Avenue — including members of such groups as Sunset Park Latino Democrats, Love Trumps Hate Sunset Park and Project 8th Avenue Coalition — and held up signs that said things like, “Support local businesses, not big box store chains,” “Defend Sunset Park” and “We can’t afford IC rent increases.”