NYC "activists" make sure rents will remain high

[dead0man]

as they get 20 floors of appartments that were already built removed via court order-NY Times

In an extraordinary ruling, a State Supreme Court judge has ordered the developers of a nearly completed 668-foot condo tower on the Upper West Side to remove as many as 20 or more floors from the top of the building.

The decision is a major victory for community groups who opposed the project on the grounds that the developers used a zoning loophole to create the tallest building on the West Side north of 61st Street. A lawyer representing the project said the developers would appeal the decision.

Justice W. Franc Perry ordered on Thursday that the Department of Buildings revoke the building permit for the tower at 200 Amsterdam Avenue near West 69th Street and remove all floors that exceed the zoning limit. Exactly how many floors might need to be deconstructed has yet to be determined, but under one interpretation of the law, the building might have to remove 20 floors or more from the 52-story tower to conform to the regulation.

“We’re elated,” said Olive Freud, the president of the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, one of the community groups that brought the suit.

and this was after getting approved 3 different times.

Said SJP, in a statement released immediately after the hearing, “For the third time in two years, it has been established that the building fully complies with all zoning laws after three public challenges and two failed attempts to wrongly impose restraining orders.

“…While we’re pleased with today’s BSA decision, it’s unconscionable that opposition has continued for this long. NIMBY’s, backed by special interest groups, continue to drain the resources of the DOB and BSA, as well as New York taxpayers.”

“This is wrong,” said Olive Freud, president of the Committee for Environmentally Sound Development, one of two nonprofits that brought the actions against SJP. The other is the Municipal Art Society, led by Elizabeth Goldstein.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

It is wildly ridiculous to insist on deconstruction at this late date. That said, there can be good reasons to have limits on building height, especially in residential areas.

[The Simpsons Cinematic Universe]

I saw a meme somewhere - if you want to make your neighborhood gentrification proof, fire a few gunshots out of your window every week. Direct action and new development of mixed-use, mixed-income housing is the way forward.

[Tintrlvr]

It is wildly ridiculous to insist on deconstruction at this late date. That said, there can be good reasons to have limits on building height, especially in residential areas.

Especially because the only “harm” from height is the morons who talk about how oppressed they feel by tall buildings around them (go move to Kansas).

[Technocracy Timmy]

I saw a meme somewhere - if you want to make your neighborhood gentrification proof, fire a few gunshots out of your window every week. Direct action and new development of mixed-use, mixed-income housing is the way forward.

Definitely wouldn’t work. Hipster and yuppie whites at this point would confuse gunfire with fireworks.

[dead0man]

It is wildly ridiculous to insist on deconstruction at this late date. That said, there can be good reasons to have limits on building height, especially in residential areas.

Especially because the only “harm” from height is the morons who talk about how oppressed they feel by tall buildings around them (go move to Kansas).

hey, these are New Yorkers, they just ain't used to tall buildings out there in the sticks.  Don't make fun of them for their backward ways, they don't know no better.

[dead0man]

I saw a meme somewhere - if you want to make your neighborhood gentrification proof, fire a few gunshots out of your window every week. Direct action and new development of mixed-use, mixed-income housing is the way forward.

Definitely wouldn’t work. Hipster and yuppie whites at this point would confuse gunfire with fireworks.

plus, don't most big cities have gun fire triangulation things?  Eventually the cops will find you and you'll have a lot of explaining to do...as you know, most of these place have rather draconian gun laws.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

It is wildly ridiculous to insist on deconstruction at this late date. That said, there can be good reasons to have limits on building height, especially in residential areas.

Especially because the only “harm” from height is the morons who talk about how oppressed they feel by tall buildings around them (go move to Kansas).

Yeah, you knew you'd be living in an area with wind tunnels for streets and no direct sunlight, so just suck it up bozos.

[Hammy]

I fail to see how needlessly creating more construction waste is "environmentally sound"