NYC Neighborhood Braces for a New Round Against Supertall Condo
- Developer gets six more months to finish tower’s foundation
- Sutton Place group plans challenge of city’s decision in court
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A Manhattan neighborhood group is taking its battle against a 67-story condo tower to court.
The East River 50s Alliance said it will challenge a decision by the city’s Board of Standards and Appeals that gives developer Gamma Real Estate more time to finish the foundation for its tower without being bound by new zoning restrictions that would cut its planned height by about half. The zoning change was put into effect as construction was under way on Sutton 58, the project the alliance calls a “monstrous, out-of-place mega-tower.”