I can't find the old string for the Martin Luther King Jr Seniors Center, and not sure if there ever was one.
I know that the Zoning Board denied that application (late 2006 ?) and that the non-profit organization sued the City of Hackensack to try and overturn it. The subject site was a green house on the west side of First Street midway between Stanley Place and Berry Street. They wanted 6 units above a social hall, but the zoning only allows 1 and 2-family houses. At the hearing, there was heavy testimony from residents. Almost all the neighbors who testified were opposed to the project, and many other people from all around Hackensack testified in favor of it.
I never heard any news as to who won this litigation, nothing is online and nothing was in the newspapers unless I missed it.
Now I see that the very house targeted by this group for their Senior's Center was torn down and the lot is vacant.
Does anyone know what is going to be built on this property. Is it the MLK Jr. Senior Center ?