Opinions & Observations: Industry City ‘mall’ falls as Menchaca follows wishes of constituents who feared overnight gentrification
BY CHARLES OTEY
Mammoth shopping district would have doomed Bay Ridge businesses
There was a point this past spring when Sunset Park Councilmember Carlos Menchaca stood virtually alone in his Council fight to prevent the gentrification he was sure — based on the overwhelming wishes of his constituency — a mammoth Industry City development would bring.