Carolers sing about transparency at Brooklyn Bridge Park Corp. headquarters
Squadron, building trades push for disclosure of Pier 6 plans
More than a dozen Build Up NYC activists, led by Santa Claus, arrived at the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation’s office Wednesday morning to sing their own rendition of “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas.”
The group, which represents a coalition of building trades workers, sang about BBPC’s refusal to disclose the list of real estate developers bidding on the request for proposals to build two residential developments on Pier 6.
BBPC has released the architectural renderings of the proposed developments, but not the names of developers. The Pier 6 request for proposals put out by the BBPC stated that developers will only be considered if they have a “proven track record of labor harmony on previous projects,” Build Up NYC said in a release.
“As a public benefits corporation making a decision about developers building on public land with making a payment in lieu of taxes, the public should have a right to know who is bidding on the project,” Build Up NYC Executive Director Lenore Friedlaender said in a statement.