Front Gardens In Trouble in Carroll Gardens

On Monday, December 9, a meeting was held at Hannah Senesh School to discuss their proposed expansion onto the public,  front garden lot.  Residents of our community, upset by this idea, had been asking our Councilman, Bill DeBlasio, to NOT submit a bill today facilitating that desired end for the school.  

See CALLING ALL NEIGHBORS! An Open Letter To Councilman Bill De Blasio below

http://carrollgardenspetition.blogspot.com/2009/12/calling-all-neighbors-open-letter-to.html  

The front gardens of Carroll Gardens are unique and protected from building by a 150 year old law that DeBlasio was trying to change.

Here are some of the notes from the Monday night meeting and below, please see the details for a SECOND meeting that will be held this Saturday morning.

According to Tom Gray, DeBlasio's District Director, the bill to change the administrative code removing the restrictions on the Smith and First Place courtyard will NOT be introduced on Wednesday, Dec 9th (today).

Conversations between current Councilman deBlasio and Councilman Elect Lander resulted in a change of plans 

The school will be applying to purchase the courtyard and will still seek to change the administrative code sometime in the coming year. 

The acquisition of the property requires a ULURP procedure and calls for several public hearings.

It is unclear how the administrative code change, necessary in order to remove the no building on a courtyard restriction, will be packaged as part of the bundle. Nor is it clear if and how bundling it changes the process, but more information will be disseminated as it becomes available. 

All of this will now be taking place on Councilman Elect Lander's watch. 

Stay tuned...

For more information: a second meeting will now be held for all interested parties at the Carroll Gardens 

library (Union and Clinton) on Saturday 12/12 at 10 AM.