Plus it includes a school and an affordable component. Sometimes developers bend over backwards, but its never good enough. 1000 units, 250 affordable.
I wonder if as a hypothetical, they increased it to 50% affordable. Would they be for it? Probably not.
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A Long Island City advocacy group is fighting TF Cornerstone’s planned mixed-use waterfront development, arguing that the project is “irresponsible” because it’s planned in a hurricane evacuation zone.
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This is rubbish. Shit, all of South Florida should not be developed if thats the case. By that logic, many portions of the city are irresponsible for building new developments.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/18/nyc-hurricane-evacuation-zones-map_n_3460565.html