A contested MTA-owned warehouse abutting the future Bushwick Inlet Park could be purchased by the state and preserved as park space instead of being developed into condos, New York Assembly Member Joe Lentol announced on Thursday.
Voters in November will decide on the Restore Mother Nature Environmental Bond Act that would provide the state with $200 million in funding for land acquisitions.
The one-story, 72,600 square-foot building known as the…
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Amanda Burden should pay for the land acquisition,
MTA could really use that $200M right about now.
For the record, the rendering of the development violates the district’s rules. It seems to ignore the height and setback requirements and the upland connection.