Lander Still Wants To Hear About Stalled Developments

During Councilmember Brad Lander's campaign an issue that kept coming up again and again had to do with in the 39th Council District. And after winning election last year, Lander created the site Stalled Development as a tool for his constituents to add development sites to an interactive map, as well as leave comments.

Lander's site became a great resource for Brooklynites and beyond, and even the Department of Buildings used the site to update their own databases, said Rachel Goodman, Lander's Chief of Staff.

Lander's goal is to put forward legislation in the City Council with the intent of penalizing the owners of development sites that allow them to become hazardous or "derelict," said Goodman.

But even while waiting for legislation, Goodman says the site has been helpful in monitoring the progress of certain developments. For example, one site on 6th Street repeatedly filled up with water when it rained, and people left comments on the site about it. Lander's office was able to respond.

Goodman says the public is still encouraged to use the map, leave comments, add more sites to the already long list or update sites that may no longer be stalled.