Posted Jan 9, 2020, 4:23 PM
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This is how it always starts...
https://therealdeal.com/2020/01/09/landlord-to-cuomo-no-intention-of-selling-penn-station-site/
Landlord to Cuomo: “No intention of selling” Penn Station site
Governor eyes city block to expand train hub, has eminent domain in back pocket
TRD New York
Jan. 09, 2020
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Penn Station expansion plan already has a big hurdle — 17 stories tall, in fact.
A landlord whose business is in the pathway of the project said he is angry about the proposal unveiled Monday and doesn’t want to move.
“We are long-term property owners with no intention of selling,” Michael Orbach, whose company owns a 17-story office building at 259 West 30th Street, told Crain’s.
“We were never notified in writing of the state’s intentions prior to the announcement, so we really do not know what the scope of this project is,” Orbach said. “While we appreciate the need to expand Penn Station and appreciate the governor’s intentions here, we have seen the state’s use of the eminent domain process in the past at the New York Times Building on Eighth Avenue and it was not handled in a fair way for the small property owners involved.”
The governor’s office said it wants to acquire private property through friendly negotiations rather than by condemning them. Orbach’s reaction throws the first wrench in that plan.
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