Union Square Tech Hub Moves Another Step Forward

Community Board 3 meeting Tuesday night

NEW YORK CITY—More than 200 people packed into the PS 20 auditorium in the Lower East Side, for Community Board 3’s vote on the development of the 21-story, mixed-use commercial building that will house a tech hub. The majority of attendees supported the creation of the tech hub, but as local residents they are wary about overdevelopment it may bring to the neighborhood.

David Mulkins referenced a gutted church on E. 12th Street between Third and Fourth avenues. “They cynically kept the front façade for a characterless NYU dorm that rises 26-stories behind it. It’s like a big raised middle finger saying ‘Screw you!’ to the community that opposed it,” he said.