Brooklyn Heights Library CB2 hearing ends in stalemate after hours of testimony
A passionate crowd filled the seats and spilled out into the hallway outside Dibner Auditorium at NYU-Poly in Downtown Brooklyn Wednesday night for the first public hearing regarding the controversial sale and development of the Brooklyn Heights Library branch, required under the city’s ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure) process.
The four-and-a-half hour hearing ended in a stalemate, as Community Board 2’s Land Use Committee failed to reach an affirmative vote.
The hearing stage is, in any case, complete. Robert Perris, CB2 District Manager, told the Brooklyn Eagle that CB2 is trying to reschedule another Land Use Committee meeting, prospectively for July 6. The board is awaiting room confirmation, he said.