Lawsuit Claims Work Continued At Clovewood After DEC Ordered Them To Stop

A quick look at two lawsuits that help tell the whole story about what's happening in South Blooming Grove, Keen Equities, and the project formerly known as Clovewood.

On March 14th, 2023, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) issued a press release concerning Keen Equities LLC and their Clovewood development.

As you know, the de facto mayor of South Blooming Grove, Joel Stern, works as the Chief Operating Officer at a company called Windsor Global. Windsor Global President, Jacob Gold, owns 11.61% of Keen Equities LLC. Y.C. Rubin, the manager of Keen Equities LLC, is also a Windsor Global employee.

But what you may not know is that Mr. Jacob Gold, prior to the creation of Keen Equities, was also a participant in a lawsuit against the Village of South Blooming Grove over the creation of the village. That lawsuit claimed its creation and new zoning was … wait for it … Anti-semitic.

Mr. Ziggy Brach, who is identified as a developer representing Mr. Gold’s group in the original lawsuit, owns 19.35% of Keen Equities LLC.

So, today, we’re going to take a quick look at that first lawsuit, what the DEC is doing to monitor the Clove…