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Construction on New Section of High Line Underway
HIGH LINE REDEVELOPMENTMANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 04
The second phase of the popular High Line park is underway. The elevated rail line, which now stops at 20th Street, will continue through 30th Street. The second phase of the High Line will feature a lawn and a "glass and metal frame" floor. The original railroad tracks will also be featured more prominently. Proponents hope the second phase will be completed by spring 2011.
RENBY Reexamining Funding for 7 Line Extension
NO. 7 LINE EXTENSIONMANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 01 MANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 03
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In 2008, plans for a second station on the No. 7 extension, at 41st Street and 10th Avenue, were cut due to funding shortfalls. Now, the Real Estate Board of New York (RENBY) is encouraging the Bloomberg Administration to reconsider a second station at the site.
Hunters Point Affordable Housing Project Seeks Higher Income Renters
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRESERVATION QUEENS WEST/ HUNTERS POINT SOUTHQUEENS COMMUNITY DISTRICT 01
This week, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development released a request for proposals for the 5 million square foot Hunters Point South complex. The complex will have 5,000 apartments, of which 60% will be affordable units.
Stuy Town Rent Adjustment Extended
STUYVESANT TOWN AND PETER COOPER VILLAGEMANHATTAN COMMUNITY DISTRICT 06
An interim rental rate, agreed upon by Stuvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village residents and Tishman Speyer and BlackRock Realty, will continue through December 2010. The agreement allows tenants to pay the "lower of either their existing rent or their estimated rent-stabilized rent." In addition, the agreement covers rights that are guaranteed under New York City's rent stabilization laws.
Study To Assess Prevailing Wage Requirements
PREVAILING WAGEThe New York City Economic Development Corporation will conduct a $1 million study on the merits of prevailing wage requirements for developments that receive city subsidies. Comptroller John Liu (D), as well as several council members, have expressed skepticism over this endeavor since EDC has opposed living wages in the past. Study findings will be released by the start of 2011.