Progressives kill Brooklyn project that would’ve created 20,000 jobs over gentrification concernshttps://www.theblaze.com/news/progre...gentrificationA host of progressive politicians and community groups in Brooklyn recently killed a major business project that would have created as many as 20,000 jobs in the city at a time when it is struggling to regain its footing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The project — approved by the city planning commission — which called for rezoning and expanding the Industry City complex on the Brooklyn waterfront in Sunset Park into a burgeoning retail space, was yanked this week amid a pressure campaign from the left.
Why were progressives so outraged over the job-creating project? Because it would have led to more "displacement and gentrification" among the working-class community, a group of 10 Democratic lawmakers, including members of Congress, argued in an opposition letter this week.
In a statement announcing the withdrawal of the application, Industry City CEO Andrew Kimball blamed "the current political environment and a lack of leadership" for the project's failure.
And before the Borg start shouting FAKE NEWS!
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/n...oning-nyc.html
We don't want jobs. We want free money!
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