Members

Churches United for Fair Housing

St.  Stephen’s United Church of God Outreach Inc.

Association of Hispanic Ministers (Interdenominational)

106 Gerry Street Tenants Association

St. Peter Claver Roman Catholic Church

All Saints Corp.

Our Lady of the Rosary Roman Catholic Church

Nuestros Niños Child Development School

St. Lucy – St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church

St. Martin de Porres Roman Catholic Parish

United Neighbors Organization

Our Lady of Monserrate Roman Catholic Church

Bushwick United Headstart

Community & Parents Day Care

St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church

Cooper Park Tenants Association

St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corp.

Passionist Community of Our Lady of Monserrate Roman Catholic Church

El Puente

All Saints Roman Catholic Church

Central Jewish Council

First Spanish Presbyterian Church

Los Sures Community Development Company, Inc.

Mary of Nazareth Roman Catholic Parish

United Jewish Community Advocacy Relations and Enrichment (UJCARE)

Pratt Institute – Newman Club

41 Whipple Street Tenants Association

Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow

Our Lady of Victory Roman Catholic Church

Passionist Center for Justice, Peace, and the Integrity of Creation at North Brooklyn

Marcy Houses Tenant Association

St. Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church

Trinity Human Services

Our Lady of Good Counsel Roman Catholic Church

Primera Iglesia Getsemani (Pentecostal)

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church

Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church

St. Michael – St. Edward Roman Catholic Church

Save Our Southside

Bushwick Housing Independence Project

Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A, Counsel

FOURTEEN FACTS ABOUT THE BROADWAY TRIANGLE

1. On December 22^nd, Justice Emily Goodman of Manhattan Supreme Court granted the BTCC’s request for a stay, a court order that stops any implementation of the rezoning until after our March 11^th hearing and decision.
2. This stay stops any implementation of this rezoning, including any transfers of title to city-owned property.
3. The March 11th hearing is on the BTCC’s request for a preliminary injunction, which is a court order to completely stop implementation of this rezoning until the entire Broadway Triangle case is over.
4. This rezoning guarantees only approximately 125 units of affordable housing. The City falsely claims that its rezoning will build 900 units of affordable housing. However, this is grossly inaccurate because only approximately 125 units are mandated affordable. Any other units would be affordable only if developers took advantage of financial incentives. In difficult economic times, developers do not take advantage of such incentives. For example, after the economic collapse, developers for the 2005 Williamsburg-Greenpoint waterfront rezoning are not taking advantage of any financial incentives to build affordable housing, with rare exception.
5. The BTCC lawsuit alleges race discrimination, religious discrimination, land use violations, and environmental review violations under federal, state, and city civil rights, fair housing, environmental, and rezoning laws.
6. The lawsuit shows how the rezoning process was discriminatory and that it produced plans for housing that have a discriminatory impact.
7. As the lawsuit demonstrates, this rezoning is an extension of a 30+ year pattern of racial and religious discrimination in Williamsburg when it comes to the issue of fair housing.
8. Between 1976 and 2009, most of this discrimination has been documented by two of the most respected federal courts in the country, the Southern District of New York and the Eastern District of New York.
9. However, the courts have also found that even after decades of litigation, the housing discrimination in Williamsburg has not ended.
10. In Williamsburg and Bedford-Stuyvesant, the need for housing is and has always been great among all communities, no matter race or religion.
11. The BTCC calls for the city to address that great need by working with all communities through open and inclusive processes and developing housing that truly benefits everyone, regardless of race or religion. 
12. However, in Williamsburg, the City has historically chosen to exclude most organizations and communities from its decision-making and the housing built.
13. This is the story of the Broadway Triangle rezoning.
14. The lawsuit requests the Court to stop this rezoning and re-start the entire process in a way that includes all affected communities and that ultimately produces a plan for housing that will benefit all, regardless of race or religion.

What now?  How do you get involve:  EASY!

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Finally, don’t take our word for it, read stories written about us below:

 
Fall 2009

"Broadway Triangle Tangle Broadens"

A New York Times Message about the Broadway Triangle 

Protestors of Broadway Triangle Rezoning Plan Rally

Thursday November 21, 2009  on City Hall Steps

September 2009

Sept. 10 - Gersh Kuntzman's" Racial and religiuos discrimination alleged in Triangle homes plan"-Daily News

Sept. 10 - Gersh Kuntzman's" Bullets over Broadway as city is sued over Triangle rezoning"-The Brooklyn Paper

Sept. 10 - Juliet Linderman's " A hearing, a lawsuit, a many-sided triangle"-Greenpoint Gazette

August 2009

August 7- Aaron Short's " Beep sucked into Broadway Triangle"-Willamsburg Courier

August 6 - Juliet Linderman's " Can't Fugghettabout
The Broadway Triangle"-Greenpoint Gazette

August 6 - Kareem Fahim's "Old Feuds Resurface in Brooklyn Rezoning Fight"-New York Times

August 1- Aaron Short's " Biviano attacks Vito Lopez Machine"-Willamsburg Courier

JULY 2009

June 17-Daniel Bush's "Lost in the Broadway Triangle" - News Article

June 15-Aaron Short's "Triangle feud 
grows acute" - News Article

June 11-Reid's Pillifant's "Broadway Triangle Zoning Fight" - News Article

June 11-El punto de vista de El Diario en el Triángulo de Broadway- News Article

June 5-COMMUNITY BOARD 1 NEEDS TO HEAR FROM YOU!

June 4- Aaron Short's Article on June 1, 2009 Meeting-News Article

June 2- BTCC PLAN FOR THE BROADWAY TRIANGLE -PRESENTATION.PPS

May 7- Pratt Students present plan for the Broadway Triangle at Pratt

March 2009

February 2009

February 5, 2009-BFJ Planning Presentation.PDF

February 4, 2009-Jan. 26, 2009 Town Hall Meeting Photos

Febrary 3, 2009-BTCC Newsletter. PDF

January 2009

January 26, 2009-Town Hall Meeting to present the vision of the Broadway Triangle. PDF

December 2008

December 5, 2008- Daily News article on the charrette (clicking link will navigate you to Daily News Website)

Reps. Velázquez and Towns Urge Greater Participation in Broadway Triangle Project-Press Release

December 3, 2008 Charrette Pictures

Brooklyn Communities Finally Get Chance to Weigh In on Triangle-Press Release

BTCC Charrette-Press Release

November 2008

BTCC delivers 3,800 letters to HPD in response to Broadway Triangle Rezoning Scope

BTCC urges all residents to respond to November 17, 2008 Scoping Session!

BTCC request HPD to postpone scoping session!