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Broadsheet Daily: Justice Belayed - Appeals Court Considers Whether to Let Stand Decision About Two Bridges
Broadsheet Daily - A recent hearing before the Appellate Division court of New York’s First Judicial Department indicates that the controversial plan to erect four massive new towers in the Two Bridges neighborhood on Lower Manhattan’s East River waterfront may yet come to fruition.
In February, the scheme appeared to be dead when State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Engoron ruled in favor of opponents, by ordering the City Planning Commission (CPC) to start anew the process of okaying the proposed buildings, in a ruling that decided a suit brought by a coalition of elected officials and Lower East Side community organizations. The group, which included Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and City Council member Margaret Chin, along with organizations such as the Lower East Side Organized Neighbors, the Chinese Staff and Workers Association, and the Asian American Legal Defense Fund, argued in their court filings that the proposed buildings, “are a catalyst for cumulative environmental damage to the broader Lower East Side and Chinatown neighborhood and beyond.”
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