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Originally Posted by mrnyc
look at 'ol cranky cuozz tooling for his boss murdoch.
i bet irl he's a friendly liberal moderate outside of his rightwing entertainment rag job.
seriously, its more likely the highly sensitive ones wont even notice these folks are there. |
We don’t need the politics here.
But it’s a large vacant building, with plans for redevelopment, but no plan in place yet. Which meant it could just sit there vacant for a few years. Meanwhile, it’s not the worst thing to get more people circulating in that stretch of midtown. We’re back, but not at 100% yet. The area is a construction zone though.
The city has always been a gateway to immigration. It needs to build a place where it can properly handle influxes like this, and not rely on gyms and hotels. Ellis Island is closed.
Another issue was PIA and the agreement with the hotel workers union. This resolves that issue in the short term, while a plan is finalized for what they will build at this site.