Activists not mellow over ’Melo’s link to Armory project
Opponents say Crown Heights development is ‘not good for Brooklyn’
For New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony, it may be game time at the Rio Olympics, but it’s shame time in Brooklyn.
According to the New York Daily News, some Crown Heights activist groups are calling a foul on Anthony for backing the development of a sports facility that is part of the controversial redevelopment of the Bedford-Union Armory.
The Carmelo Anthony Foundation is helping to fund a sports center including basketball courts and a swimming pool, which — along with commercial space and 300 units of market-rate and affordable housing — is slated to be part of a redevelopment of the long-vacant armory.