Official Statement from CCNY

On April 1, 2025, the City Club of New York issued an official statement regarding the BMT Project.
This is addressed to three groups – (1) The BMT Task Force, (2) The NYC EDC, and (3) WxY Studio

The 11-page PDF is linked here. The first page summary is copied below.

The City Club of New York, founded in 1893, is one of the oldest civic organizations in New York City. Its mission is to promote sound urban policy and protect the city’s essential character and assets.

The City Club and its Waterfront Committee have hosted three panels (with plans for one more) and discussions with waterfront and maritime experts to better understand the New York City (NYC) Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC) proposals for the Brooklyn Marine Terminal (BMT and “the site”) in Red Hook. Links to the panels are provided at the end of this Executive Summary.

Based on the panels, additional research, and internal discussions, the Committee urges EDC and other Brooklyn political officials involved in the redevelopment of BMT to conduct a fresh and thorough public planning process without a preconceived notion of future land use and density. Moreover, the process should be for the entire Red Hook1; planning and protecting a future luxury enclave cheek-by-jowl with climate-at-risk public housing and blue-collar employers aggravates injustice and speaks to a double standard.

We therefore urge Task Force members to vote “no” until such a fresh, thorough, and neighborhood-wide planning process is pursued—ideally under the direction of an entity (such as the NYC Department of City Planning) that is not directly an interested party in maximizing project revenue.