NEW YORK—A coalition of community groups in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, are suing the city for what they say is as an unlawful deal with the TSN Development Group.
Greenpoint Renaissance Enterprise Corporation (GREC) members gathered in front of the State Supreme Court on Centre Street on Tuesday. Their attorney Harvey Epstein, attended a hearing on the matter at the court that morning.
Greenpoint Hospital shut down in the 1980s. Since that time, the site has been the focus of housing and community development plans. GREC has steered its development for the past 30 years. The coalition erected six buildings including 45 affordable housing units, a community center, space for 200 homeless individuals, and more, reports Tisch Guido who has been involved from the start.
When the city issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) in 2007 to develop the remaining portion of the site, GREC submitted its plans. Its proposal included health care facilities, and family and senior housing.
The community felt sidelined as the city chose a private developer instead.
GREC’s lawsuit alleges that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) gave TSN Development Group an unfair advantage in the competitive process; they claim that the company’s original proposal did not meet the RFP guidelines and that the city coached it on how to improve. GREC also alleges that the city accepted a revised proposal past the submission deadline.
Greenpoint Renaissance Enterprise Corporation (GREC) members gathered in front of the State Supreme Court on Centre Street on Tuesday. Their attorney Harvey Epstein, attended a hearing on the matter at the court that morning.
Greenpoint Hospital shut down in the 1980s. Since that time, the site has been the focus of housing and community development plans. GREC has steered its development for the past 30 years. The coalition erected six buildings including 45 affordable housing units, a community center, space for 200 homeless individuals, and more, reports Tisch Guido who has been involved from the start.
When the city issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) in 2007 to develop the remaining portion of the site, GREC submitted its plans. Its proposal included health care facilities, and family and senior housing.
The community felt sidelined as the city chose a private developer instead.
GREC’s lawsuit alleges that the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) gave TSN Development Group an unfair advantage in the competitive process; they claim that the company’s original proposal did not meet the RFP guidelines and that the city coached it on how to improve. GREC also alleges that the city accepted a revised proposal past the submission deadline.
