Wendy The Project was approved after a public jearing at which more than 600 people spoke. The project was approved after hearings before both the City Planning Commission and theCity Council and was supported by the two most significant pulbic officials representing the area--Borough President Gale Brewer and city Councilwoman Margaret Chin. The question at the hearings was the narrow interests of the residents of Southbridge towers as against the benefits of the South Street Seaport museum (whose representativessaid they could not remain open without the subsidy) andj jobs and housing for people in the broader City. The Judge did not side with "the community" but only with a narrow segment of it. It is a sad day when a judicial decision can stop an important project that isapproved by the areas elected officials and most of the citizens who live and work in Lower Manhattan, as well as interested parties throughout the City. Hopefully this  judicial interference with the democratic process will be quickly overturned by the higher courts.

Wendy The Project was approved after a public jearing at which more than 600 people spoke. The project was approved after hearings before both the City Planning Commission and theCity Council and was supported by the two most significant pulbic officials representing the area--Borough President Gale Brewer and city Councilwoman Margaret Chin. The question at the hearings was the narrow interests of the residents of Southbridge towers as against the benefits of the South Street Seaport museum (whose representativessaid they could not remain open without the subsidy) andj jobs and housing for people in the broader City. The Judge did not side with "the community" but only with a narrow segment of it. It is a sad day when a judicial decision can stop an important project that isapproved by the areas elected officials and most of the citizens who live and work in Lower Manhattan, as well as interested parties throughout the City. Hopefully this  judicial interference with the democratic process will be quickly overturned by the higher courts.

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