Two members of the nonprofit Brooklyn Bridge Park board—which voted to approve the construction of a controversial view-blocking luxury condo building in the park—“were among the first to buy condos” in the building, DNAinfo reports.
A New York State Supreme Court judge has ruled that Brooklyn’s Pierhouse development—an expensive luxury condo that blocks the public’s view of the Brooklyn Bridge—is not technically illegal, though he conceded that the building could be considered an aesthetic monstrosity.
The Worst Building In the Gilded City
Brooklyn, which used to be the part of New York City that "real people" could afford to live in, is now the least affordable housing market in America. It won't be too long now before people start getting upset about that.
