Legal Opinion
Red Hook/Gowanus Chamber of Commerce v. New York City Board of Standards
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 25, 2005PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
Petitioner is a nonprofit organization composed of 85 local business owners in the Red Hook and Gowanus neighborhoods of Brooklyn. In 2000, respondent 160 Imlay Street Real Estate LLC, through a predecessor entity, acquired a 220,000 square foot warehouse and manufacturing facility in Red Hook. Claiming that it could not find a sufficient number of commercial tenants, in September 2002 Imlay applied to the New York City Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) for a variance to permit conversion of the building from industrial to residential use. Following…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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