The New York Observer » dock street http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:14:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Neighbors, Electeds Sue City Over Walentases’ Dock Street Project City Council approval apparently failed to extinguish the fight against the Walentas family’s Dock Street project in Dumbo. On Wednesday, a neighborhood group announced it had filed a lawsuit against the city regarding the planned apartment building by the Brooklyn Bridge, challenging the approval of the project.

They raised red flags over a number Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/neighbors-electeds-sue-city-over-walentas-dock-street-project Council Approves Dock Street, 40-9 David Yassky was officially overruled.

Wednesday afternoon the City Council approved the Dock Street apartment building in Dumbo by a vote of 40 to 9, in a rare move that overruled the local councilman, Mr. Yassky, on a land-use project.

The vote came after the project received support from Council Speaker Christine Quinn. Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/council-approves-dock-street-40-9 Council Approves Dock Street, 40-9 David Yassky was officially overruled. This afternoon the City Council approved the Dock Street apartment building in DUMBO by a vote of 40 to 9, in a rare move that overruled the local Council member, Yassky, on a land use project. The vote came after the project received support from Council Speaker Christine Quinn. In Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/council-approves-dock-street-40-9 Council Approves Dock Street, 40-9 David Yassky was officially overruled.

This afternoon the City Council approved the Dock Street apartment building in DUMBO by a vote of 40 to 9, in a rare move that overruled the local Council member, Yassky, on a land use project.

The vote came after the project received support Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3967/council-approves-dock-street-40-9 On Dock Street, Victory Is Near for Walentases Brooklyn developers Jed and David Walentas appear on the course to victory in the fight over their Dock Street project in DUMBO, a 17-story residential building near the Brooklyn Bridge that has caused a fight within the City Council.

A vote on the project is scheduled for tomorrow morning, and Council Speaker Christine Quinn Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/real-estate/dock-street-victory-near-walentases The Developers Who Came in From the Cold Letitia James is not generally known as a friend of the development community. Thus far, the Fort Greene lawmaker’s five and a half years in the City Council have been defined by unwavering opposition to the planned Atlantic Yards housing and arena mega-project.

But, on May 21, she was leading a rally and a press conference Read More

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