{"id":1489,"date":"2022-09-23T22:13:31","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T02:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2022-09-25T14:49:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T18:49:55","slug":"were-back-in-court-developers-have-appealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mtopp.org\/index.php\/2022\/09\/23\/were-back-in-court-developers-have-appealed\/","title":{"rendered":"We’re Back In Court — Developers Have Appealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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We are Back in Court! \u00a0<\/strong>
Monday, October 3, 2022<\/strong>
at 10 am Sharp<\/strong> <\/span><\/h5>
45 Monroe Place, Bklyn N.Y<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>
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Come <\/strong><\/span><\/span>and Help Us Save Our Win! <\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h6><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>
The Final Court Hearing<\/strong><\/span><\/div>

We won in the Lower Court! \u00a0
<\/span><\/span>Now we are at the Appellate Court working hard to save our win!
We need you to come out and support our efforts!
The Community has made this win happen and now you must help us keep it!<\/span><\/span><\/p>

Directions:
All trains and buses to Downtown Brooklyn, Court Street.<\/strong>
The Appellate Division 2nd Department Court is located on a small street “Monroe Place” behind Montague Street, a block away from Chase Bank.<\/span><\/p>

Please wear a flower!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

Note: Frank Carone from Abrams and Fensterman<\/span><\/a>, who is currently Mayor Eric Adams’ Chief of Staff was the lead attorney for Cornell Realty on
this Lawsuit, \u00a0making this case highly politicized. \u00a0Thus, the presence of the community is essential to ensure justice is done.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In December 2018, the City Council approved, with the support of then Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo, a rezoning application to break height limits along the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span>Cumbo lied to the community stating that an additional 117 “affordable” units would be given for this deal.<\/span><\/p>

Local residents acting without an attorney (Pro se) filed a lawsuit,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span>on April 16, 2019, against Cornell Realty and the City stating that they had violated State Environmental Laws.<\/span><\/p>

Despite all the rezoning records stating that Cornell Realty is the developer and applicant, Cornell made the claim they were not the developer and that the community had sued the wrong person\/entity and thus the lawsuit should be dismissed.<\/span><\/p>

After 10 private law firms, the largest legal firm in NYC (Corporation Counsel), 25 professional lawyers, almost<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span>20 motion papers submissions, hearings, and three violations of the Temporary Restraining order by developers, Judge Boddie on December 8, 2020, null and voided the new rezoning.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

This<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span>rezoning was going to allow the developers to build up to 230 feet in what is currently a 60\/70 foot height limit zone on Franklin Ave.<\/span><\/span><\/p>

The developers appealed Judge Boddie’s decision and now the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span> <\/span>case is on for oral arguments at the Appellate Division – Second Judicial Department to help maintain the community’s victory.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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