As the city considers giving $650 million in tax breaks to Hudson Yards developers, it will have no less an opponent than Sen. Chuck “Mr. Office Space” Schumer. Here’s what he said about them a year ago before the Partnership for New York City:
… I do not believe we need to Read MoreThe city just came out with a new proposal for tax breaks for developing the Hudson Yards (PDF) which appears to scale back some of the generous incentives it was originally contemplating. The 40-block West Midtown area would be split into three vertical zones, with the blocks west of 10th Avenue receiving the deepest Read More
In the afternoon, you have the Public Authorities Control Board likely shooing in the Javits Center. The more up-in-the-air vote is in the morning, when Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff would like to see the M.T.A. approve the city’s offer of $500 million for development rights associated with the West Side rail yards. Officially, according to Read More
