Hypocrites of Sutton Place, Cont’d

City Councilmen Ben Kallos and Dan Garodnick are pushing a constituent favor: a special zoning change to protect the views of residents of Sutton Place, one of the wealthiest streets in Manhattan.

The influentials of the East River 50s Alliance have already managed to skip part of the public-review process in their rush to stop a building that would block their river vistas.

Many “alliance” members live in a 47story, 485-foot-tall building, yet they’re seeking to ban new construction nearby above about 35 stories. Because work on the new tower, which would exceed that limit, is already under way, they got the politicians to cut the usual time for environmental and community review from four months or so to barely over two weeks.

If the developer gets his foundation in before the zoning change is finalized, the building gets grandfathered.

Kallos doesn’t want to admit he’s fighting for fat cats: He says the fight is about “protecting the interests of rent-regulated tenants against that of billionaire developers.”

This is actually the second effort at the zoning change, after the collapse of an earlier bid we slammed back in May. It’s set to go before a City Planning public hearing Wednesday — which could put it on course for full City Council approval next month.

And that will be pro forma, as members defer to the colleague whose district it is.

It’s clear this isn’t about the merits of mass high-rise construction in the neighborhood: There’s plenty of time to rezone and stop an entire wave of new building. The rush is all about serving the desires of a few wealthy residents of one address.

That’s no reason for the City Planning Commission to go along with an end-run that could set a precedent for blocking the kind of development central to Mayor de Blasio’s affordable-housing plans.