Prospect Park East Network - PPEN

Leah Margulies' Speech at the June 6 Rally

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PPEN-PLGNA Community Study
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TAKE ACTION

Ask our elected officials for a moratorium
Sign Our Petition (change.org)
Letter to Mayor Bill DeBlasio
Prospect Park East Network Take Action List

Lawsuit

THE LEGAL FIGHT CONTINUES: ABOUT THE LAWSUIT AND REASONS FOR OUR APPEAL
Judge clears Prospect Park tower project (NY Daily News, 6/18/2014)
Temporary Restraining Order Halts Cement Work at PLG Tower at 626 Flatbush (Brownstoner 6/2/2014)
Press Release
Community Suit to Stop Luxury High-Rise (PDF, Caribbean Life 1/3/2014)
Groups File Suit Against Developers Of High Rise In Prospect Lefferts Gardens (NY1 12/19/2013)
Suit Lodged to Block Tower Near Prospect Park (Crain's 12/18/2013)

CB9 Meeting Videos

Video of CB9 meeting, Rezoning September 23, 2014
Video of CB 9 meeting, October 28, 2014
Video of CB9 Visioning/Land Use Issues, March 17, 2014

In the News

Frothy Protest At City Hall (Q at Parkside 6/7/2014)
PLG Residents Ask City Hall for a Temporary Halt to High-Rise Construction (Brownstoner 6/9/2014)
Borough President Eric Adams, Prospect Park East Network hold meeting on overdevelopment (news12.com 4/8/2014)
Prospect Lefferts Gardens residents: Let us keep a low profile (The Brooklyn Paper 4/8/2014)
PLG Residents Call Planned 23-Story Tower 'Out of Control' (Curbed 4/8/2014)
PLG Residents Pack Church for Town Hall Meeting on High-Rise Development (Brownstoner 4/8/2014)
Plan For High Rise In Prospect Lefferts Gardens Meets Community Opposition (NY1 11/25/2013)
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Is ‘On the Map’ (NY Times 3/13/2014)
Response to NYT article above

Endorsements

Prospect Park Alliance
Supporting Quotes from Lawsuit Press Release

East Flatbush Community Vehemently Opposes Invasion of High-Rise Developers (Our Time Press)
Atlantic Avenue Project: how a united community is successfully challenging politicians and developers to deliver on their promises
Achieving accountability: The story of a settlement, and what happens next (BrooklynSpeaks.net)
Disparate factions unite to 'take back' Gowanus from overdevelopment (Brooklyn Daily Eagle)
Community groups and local residents reach historic accord with New York State and developers of Brooklyn’s Atlantic Yards Project (Brooklynspeaks)
The new kings of Crown Heights (Aljazerra)
As New York Landlords Push Buyouts, Renters Resist (NYTimes)
New York Apartments with a Catch (NYTimes)
Maple Street School needs your help, neighbors!
Planned luxury high-rise building on Flatbush Avenue irks local residents (news12.com)
Tenants Fight to Save Their Homes in Up-and-Coming Crown Heights (The Epoch Times)
New York City Housing Push Should Aim at Poorest, Report Says (NYTimes.com)
Weisbrod promises neighborhood-specific zoning (Capital New York)
Brooklyn landlords illegally harassed, targeted rent-stabilized tenants: suit (NY Daily News)
Conversion or Tear Down for Troubled Park Slope Senior Home?
NYC's "Affordable" Housing Isn't Really Affordable, Report Finds (Gothamist)
Aggressive Realestate Development in our Neighborhood
Shadows Over Central Park (NY Times)
At Dr. Cuts on Flatbush, Haircuts and Health Advice (NY Times)

Reference Information

Brooklyn Zoning Map (pdf)
Brooklyn Population Density Map (pdf)
Census Data - Income Map (jpg)
NYC Zoning Districts (nyc.gov; includes other links)

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About Us:

Prospect Park East Network (PPEN) is an organization of concerned residents formed to address this development and the larger concerns it brings, which include the urgent need for contextual zoning and impact studies on such issues as traffic, subways, parking, schools, safety, sanitation, low income and affordable housing, and Prospect Park itself.

Contact: ppeastnet@gmail.com

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