A vote on a controversial plan to massively reshape a 122-acre section of Brooklyn's industrial waterfront has been delayed for a fifth time, after months of protests by local residents and politicians.
The delay is a blow to the administration of Mayor Eric Adams, who announced the project next to Governor Kathy Hochul last spring, and a victory for the local politicians and residents who wanted to send the project back to the drawing board.
According to the city's Economic Development Corporation (EDC), the City task force of elected officials, business and nonprofit leaders, and public housing tenants charged with approving the plan will not vote as scheduled to determine how the City should redevelop the Brooklyn Marine Terminal, which runs south of Pier 6 all the way down to Sullivan Street along the waterfront.
Instead, the task force will kick the can down the road yet again. The vote, which was supposed to take place Thursday at 3:30 p.m., has been moved to a yet-to-be-scheduled date, to give the task force "sufficient time to consult further with the various neighboring communities" to figure out "a viable path forward," according to a joint statement from Congressmember Dan Goldman, who chairs the task force, and cochairs State Senator Andrew Gounardes and Councilmember Alexa Avilés.
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