The Real Estate was wrong about one thing: predicting that Mike Petralia, the president of the Convention Center Development Corporation would be leaving at the end of March. It turns out, he will stay through June–but in an undefined capacity. Starting April 16, Barbara Lampen, assistant director of the Freedom Tower project at the Read More
A very optimistic day today all around. In addition to the Yankees, more “ayes” were heard over on Third Avenue, where both the Convention Center Development Corporation and Empire State Development Corporation approved the latest plan for Javits, the one with the hotel across 11th Avenue, a six-story staging area to the north and the Read More
State Assemblyman Richard Brodsky poked holes in the plan for the Javits Convention Center expansion Thursday morning—and afternoon. A lot of them were awfully small holes, but Brodsky—who is running for state attorney general, remember–did get the staff of the Convention Center Development Corporation to admit that they might have to do a supplemental environmental Read More
