Prince Hotel owner takes city to court to stop sale
The city is moving ahead with the planned auction of the trouble-plagued Prince Hotel in Bay Ridge, despite the fact that the hotel’s owner is taking the de Blasio administration to court over the matter, according to a local lawmaker.
“We remain focused and on track for the auction of the Prince Hotel on June 8 and I am pleased with the progress we have made thus far,” Councilmember Vincent Gentile told the Brooklyn Eagle via email on Tuesday after it was learned that the hotel’s owner, Bay Ridge Prince LLC, had filed a lawsuit against the city in an effort to stop the auction.
Daniel Abramson, an aide to Mayor Bill de Blasio, broke the news of the lawsuit at a Community Board 10 meeting on April 19, according to several people who attended the meeting.