The Parks Department doesn’t have to give activists a full report about its redesign of Fort Greene Park — or produce a consultant’s contract to prove the agency is exempt from Freedom of Information Law obligations, a city attorney argued in an appeals court hearing on Thursday. The case of the Friends of Fort Greene […]
John from Fort Greene asked:  While driving past the eastern side of Fort Greene Park, I spotted a street sign: Washington Park Street. I thought Washington Park was in Park Slope. Was it moved? It’s complicated. George Washington, the father of our country, was idolized with his name bestowed on streets, parks, a mountain, a […]
The city violated the law in rezoning a Fort Greene development site, a lawyer for neighborhood residents argued before a judge on March 19 in a court case that could have implications for development projects around the city. This case is significant because it challenges a trend of developers easily winning the City Planning Commission’s […]