Group files federal complaint over sale of Brooklyn Heights Library
Borough Board to vote on issue Tuesday night
An advocacy group filed a complaint with the United States Attorney’s Office on Tuesday over the planned $52 million sale of the Brooklyn Heights Library to developer Hudson Companies.
The organization Love Brooklyn Libraries! (LBL!) contends that Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) has been misrepresenting its capital funds in order to facilitate a real estate grab.
Named in the complaint are the City of New York, the NYC Economic Development Corp., the NYC Land Development Corp., BPL and Cadman Associates, LLC.