The New York Times reports today that 92 tenants at the St. Nicholas Houses in Central Harlem are planning to sue the city today on continuing the construction of the new $100 million Harlem Children's Zone facility at West 129th Street which has already broke ground. Up to 1,300 students would be enrolled in the new school but the residents in the suit question the approval process with all parties involved and are against the lost of the largest green space within the complex. The Times piece also points out that there are different views amongst the 3,000 residents that live at the St. Nicholas Houses with the president of the tenant association in agreement of the new project which contrasts against the vice president's opinion:
LINK. Photo courtesy of Angel Franco for the New York Times
For diagrams of the actual construction layout, check out our past post on the groundbreaking of the new HCZ:
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Just. Wrong.
ReplyDeleteOh my, here we go, this will be interesting. One wonders who the attorney's for the tenant's association are. I hope people's time & efforts are not wasted in this endeavour.
ReplyDeleteIdiotic.
ReplyDeleteI wonder who's really pulling the strings here. Dickens? Wright? Rangel? It has to be someone with a vested interest in keeping the community stupid and pliable ...
ReplyDeleteTotal idiots. Also, even if they win... the green space is gone. Hope they like having an abandoned construction site in the middle of their housing complex!
ReplyDeleteSo even the Tenant Board is split on this. I wonder what is actually going on over there. I SUSPECT that there is a faction of elder empty nesters that want no part of teens being anywhere near them even if it is for a school. To them all that can do is lead to trouble for them.
ReplyDeletePerkins has done so little to improve the existing public schools, and yet he fights to block parents from having a choice? This from a guy who was given the opportunity to go to private school. Just astounds me. There are certainly crummy charter schools out there, but Canada is actually doing good work.
ReplyDeleteYup. Can see if this were a fly-by-night-no-track-record charter but this guy has the portfolio and the ear of everyone from the President on down so I can’t imagine this is not going to fly.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry but who gives a flying f what they think, in all seriousness we need better and better schools and they dare challenge one coming to their neighbourhood. This is pure nonsense. I have seen those houses and that green space was barely used for much more than a place to sell drugs.
ReplyDeleteSpectacularly dysfunctional
ReplyDeleteWasn't the green space previously a parking lot? Hardly green space.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with the above commenter re: Bill Perkins. He has done nothing tangible to improve public schools but rants at top volume against Canada, Moskowitz (especially her) and others. What a jerk.
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