Council President Darrell Clarke sued by developer Ori Feibush over N. Philly apartment building

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Clarke is being sued over an appeal to zoning permits Feibush secured in 2021, which delayed the apartment project and allegedly cost the developer millions.

between Second and Broad Streets on Girard Avenue at 38 feet. That’s about three stories, one shorter than Feibush’s contested apartment building site that falls right in the middle of the newly regulated strip of roadway.said that the areaThe lawsuit alleges that even though there was no legal basis for the appeal, zoning board members did Clarke’s bidding partly because he intimidated them.

“Council President Clarke directly contacted influential individuals at the ZBA to level threats, corrupt the proceeding, and secure an illicit ruling in favor of his frivolous legal challenge,” the lawsuit contends. “Sometimes when the board hears from an elected official who’s representing the people, [the ZBA] — myself included at times — lose sight of that,” said DiCicco, a former City Council member who stepped down from his ZBA roleFeibush’s lawyers filed a motion for reconsideration after the board ruled in Clarke’s favor, but a follow-up hearing did not occur for more than four months. The lawsuit also attributes this delay to Clarke’s influence.

DiCicco said he was not aware of such an influence campaign. When the follow-up hearing eventually took place on Nov. 2, 2021, the zoning board ruled eight days later to deny Clarke’s appeal.

 

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