[NYguy]

Clowns talking about the High Line again.


https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/04/...the-high-line/

Lander calls for killing Hudson Yards casino bid, saying it will hurt the High Line





By Chris Sommerfeldt
April 3, 2025

City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander is calling on a major real estate firm to pull the plug on its bid to develop a casino on Manhattan’s west side, saying the plan would pose a burden on the High Line and fall short when it comes to affordable housing.

In a statement shared exclusively with the Daily News, Lander said the Related-Wynn plan would disrupt the High Line, the iconic 1.5-mile elevated greenway spanning through the old train yards. Lander said he’s even more concerned the latest version of the Related-Wynn plan drops the number of housing units — from 5,700 to 1,500 — that they’d have to build in the surrounding area in exchange for getting to operate the casino. Just 324 of those units would be affordable under the plan.

Somebody tell that moron that the affordable units would be the same in either plan.

In a statement, a rep for the joint Related-Wynn venture behind the casino bid suggested Lander’s complaint about a lack of housing is counterintuitive, as the units that got dropped from the plan would have been luxury apartments priced at $4,000 per square foot. Additionally, the rep said Related and Wynn have worked with local stakeholders to address complaints about disruption to the High Line, including by rotating the design of the tower in order to ensure an unobstructed view along the promenade.

“This is an economically viable plan that builds on the success of Hudson Yards — which the comptroller has previously acknowledged — and creates more than 1,500 new homes in our city, including maintaining the entirety of the original affordable housing commitment,” the rep said. “We will continue to work with local leaders to improve the plan.”