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NY Daily News - N.Y. judge rules against luxury 'Two Bridges' development that de Blasio had embraced

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New York Daily News - The L in LES doesn’t stand for luxury. A state judge barred a developer from building four high-rise towers that had been set to offer hundreds of pricey apartments.
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“Today is a major victory for our clients, neighborhood activists and Two Bridges residents,” said Ken Kimerling of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, which filed the suit. “By banding together, they blocked a project that would have had devastating impacts on Asian and Latino low-income residents, including NYCHA tenants, and spell the end for affordability in the neighborhood.”

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