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You didn’t think it was going to be easy, did you? Despite winning City Planning Commission and City Council approval for a $4 billion multi-tower mixed-use development along the East River just south of the United Nations, Sheldon Solow is facing a new roadblock from the residents of Tudor City. Dwellers of the 1920s complex organized and yesterday announced a lawsuit to try and block the planned development.
Residents fear that their views of the river will soon be blocked and their quality of life 
diminished by two or three years of construction noise and dirt. The lawsuit highlights the fact that the local community board did not approve the plan, and that the developer “arbitrarily and capriciously” ignored the community’s plan for the site, despite supposedly seeking community input.
The Solow plan for the area would construct seven new towers at the water’s edge, which will include 3,000 apartments, 1 million square feet of commercial space and 69,000 square feet of retail space.
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