Pol accuses critics of Brooklyn development of anti
David Greenfield
The groups  known as the Broadway Triangle Community Coalition  wrote to land  use chair David Greenfield  demanding that  he  recuse  himself  from considering the project because  he âs set to leave office and take over the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty.
But  Greenfield (D-Brooklyn)  says the Met Council has nothing to do with the plan  and opponents are just targeting  him  because  he âs Jewish.
âYour behavior thus far is both professionally irresponsible and reckless  and has compromised your participation as an elected representative in this legislative process. The conflicts of interest raised by your involvement in the present Council action are numerous and unwaivable â coalition chair Juan Ramos wrote to  Greenfield .
âThe letter is part of a clear and calculated campaign of intimidation and continued misinformation by the opponents of this private application â  Greenfield  said  saying group leaders have a history of âanti-Semitic remarksâ that âcalls into question the true motivation of this group.â
âIt's telling that this group did not ask Council Member Antonio Reynoso  a member of both the subcommittee and committee  to recuse himself and instead focused on the obviously Jewish council member. This kind of race-baiting politics is disgusting and shameful and has no place in New York City's land use decisions â  Greenfield  said  adding  he  had cleared the issue with the city Conflicts of Interest Board.
The letter complains  Greenfield  answered legitimate concerns about potential discrimination  which opponents say will exacerbate a long history of racial segregation in the neighborhood  with âridicule  racebaiting and derision.â
Needelman  like  Greenfield   is an Orthodox Jew  and said the allegation of anti-Semitism is absurd.
The groups  known as the Broadway Triangle Community Coalition  wrote to land  use  [TGT] demanding that   [TGT]   recuse   [TGT]   from considering the project because   [TGT]  âs set to leave office and take over the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty.
But  Greenfield (D-Brooklyn)  says the Met Council has nothing to do with the plan  and opponents are just targeting  him  because  he âs Jewish.
âYour behavior thus far is both professionally irresponsible and reckless  and has compromised your participation as an elected representative in this legislative process. The conflicts of interest raised by your involvement in the present Council action are numerous and unwaivable â coalition chair Juan Ramos wrote to  [TGT]  .
âThe letter is part of a clear and calculated campaign of intimidation and continued misinformation by the opponents of this private application â   [TGT] said  saying group leaders have a history of âanti-Semitic remarksâ that âcalls into question the true motivation of this group.â
âIt's telling that this group did not ask Council Member Antonio Reynoso  a member of both the subcommittee and committee  to recuse himself and instead focused on the obviously Jewish council member. This kind of race-baiting politics is disgusting and shameful and has no place in New York City's land use decisions â   [TGT] said  adding   [TGT]   had cleared the issue with the city Conflicts of Interest Board.
The letter complains   [TGT] answered legitimate concerns about potential discrimination  which opponents say will exacerbate a long history of racial segregation in the neighborhood  with âridicule  racebaiting and derision.â
Needelman  like   [TGT] is an Orthodox Jew  and said the allegation of anti-Semitism is absurd.