Judge mulls suit to block sale of Brooklyn Heights Library
State Supreme Court Justice Dawn Jimenez-Salta heard attorneys’ arguments in her chambers on Friday in the case of an advocacy group suing to halt the sale and development of the Brooklyn Heights Library.
Justice Jimenez-Salta will be holding the papers for several weeks to review and write a decision, a court source told the Brooklyn Eagle. While a judgement should be rendered within 60 days, she hopes to reach her decision sometime before that.
The group Love Brooklyn Libraries, Inc., headed by Brooklyn resident Marsha Rimler, is suing New York City, Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) and a number of other entities in an attempt to shut down the library’s sale to developer Hudson Companies.
Roughly 20 library supporters filled the seats in the courtroom of Friday, along with a phalanx of attorneys representing the city, the library and the developer.