Posted Feb 1, 2019, 4:12 PM
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http://gothamist.com/2019/01/31/nych...rt_on_uppe.php
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For more than a year, NYCHA has been trying to sell skeptical residents at Holmes Tower and the neighboring Stanley M. Isaacs Houses on a 50-story infill project to be built by Fetner Properties, a New York-based housing developer. The development at East 92nd Street is one of two in the city being rolled out under the authority’s NextGen initiative, also referred to as NYCHA 2.0, which would allow NYCHA to strike deals with private developers like Fetner as a way of generating much-needed money for capital improvements. NYCHA stands to earn $25 million from the Holmes project. Following criticism last year that not all the money would be used to help residents at the site, the agency pledged to reserve all of that money for repairs at the existing Holmes Tower complex.
But the height of the 169-unit tower, which at 500 feet would rise well above the 25-story buildings at the public housing site and violate zoning regulations, coupled with NYCHA’s intention to avoid the city’s public land-use approval process by asking the mayor to grant an exception, have roiled residents and the local community board.
“You are putting a monstrosity there,” said Lakeesha Taylor, a mother who grew up in the Holmes Tower. “It’s not what we want. It’s not about our future. It’s about your future, and your pockets.”
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Gale Brewer, the Manhattan Borough President, and City Councilmember Ben Kallos both attended the hearing to oppose the project, and suggested that the issue may ultimately wind up in court. "I don't want to be specific but we're very serious about this project," Brewer added.
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