And
Crain's editorial board takes a tough look at the failed deal to rezone Midtown East.
Bill
de Blasio is not the mayor yet, but the collapse of a crucial rezoning
of the city's primary business district demonstrates the influence his
election is already having on the city's economic future. And his role
in the failure of the Bloomberg administration's midtown east plan
foretells a shift in how development happens here.
The Post urges the New York City
Council to pass the Midtown East rezoning plan, arguing that putting it
off any further could spell the “slow death” of a key part of the city’s
commercial center: http://bit.ly/1f3pYZT
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Midtown East
Midtown East Rezoning Killed
City Council Kills East Midtown Rezoning Plan With de Blasio’s Blessing NYC City Council delivers stinging defeat to
over East Midtown rezoning plan:
“I want to apologize to anybody that believed in me, and I hope that I and my family will be able to move on from here,”
Savino said.* Midtown East Rezoning To Die In For Now | New York Daily News
Bloomberg Drops Plan To Rezone East Side For Taller Buildings (NYT)
Craven blow to east midtown hopes(NYP) In a single craven stroke, lame-duck Speaker Christine Quinn and
weak-willed City Councilman Dan Garodnick have likely consigned the
once dominant Grand Central area to a permanent future*
City Council nixing Midtown East rezoning(NYP) *
End of Proposal to Raise Skyline on the East Side(NYT) *
Midtown East Off Table(WSJ) The Bloomberg administration is withdrawing a project to
transform the area around Grand Central Terminal with eye-catching
skyscrapers.*
City Council dismisses plan to build up Midtown East(NYDN) *
After a tentative blessing, Stringer applauds a Midtown East delay *
The three projects included in the
Bloomberg administration’s Midtown East rezoning proposal could still
move forward, as neither of the key opponents, Mayor-elect Bill de
Blasio and Councilman Dan Garodnick are against development, the Times reports: * The Daily News writes that the reason why New York City Councilman Dan Garodnick and Council Speaker Christine Quinn pulled the plug on the Midtown East rezoning proposal was
opposition by Peter Ward, the head of the Hotel Trades Council* Bloomberg’s rezoning project ‘delayed’ — not dead(NYP) *
Craven blow to east midtown hopes(NYP) *
A killer union deal(NYDN
Ed) Cheered by Mayor-elect de Blasio, the City Council went deep into
the
political tank in killing the critically important rezoning of the east
Midtown business district. As for Garodnick’s hope of succeeding Quinn
as speaker, he hurt his cause by playing small ball — and scared small
ball at that.*
* Cuomo signed a bill into law that
will let Hudson River Park on the West Side of Manhattan sell air rights
for development up to one block east of the park’s boundaries in order
to collect much-needed revenue, the Times reports: * * The Daily News’ Juan Gonzalez
criticizes Cuomo over allowing development along the Hudson River in
Manhattan, a high-risk hurricane evacuation zone, comparing him to New
Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who vetoed a similar bill: http://nydn.us/1e7rB8Z
Midtown Zoning Push
The Bloomberg administration is
scrambling to gather enough City Council votes to approve his plan to
re-zone a 73-block area of East Midtown, with Councilman Daniel
Garodnick emerging as a pivotal figure in the proposal’s fate, The New York Times reports
City Council Kills East Midtown Rezoning Plan With de Blasio’s Blessing NYC City Council delivers stinging defeat to 
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