Welcome to my world, succer. Conservatives have been thwarted in their quest for reasonable infrastructure and development for decades now by the EnviroNazis and their enablers like Sierra Club. Goose, meet gander. Pot, meet Kettle. Trump needs to blow up the EPA -- the Agency and the Act (Environmental Protection Act). Flat blow them up.
Sounds like Barry Diller should devote another $40 milion to making Douglas Durst miserable by going after all of his projects. Let the left fight each other.
So go to another city and build it - or build 10 for the cost of 1 in NY City.
For example, several Great Lakes cities would trip over themselves for a rich philanthropist to come and give their citizens greater access to or another venue to enjoy the Lakes
In America, NY City is giant spoiled brat. Even though industry has fled, it remains important merely because it remains the world center of trading in America’s debt-based, Federal Reserve, crony-capitalist monetary system. Its wealth is used to run a giant nanny state, which elects, ironically, a Marxist as its Mayor.
Where did those tens of millions dollars go?
Somebody got richer off of this little shakedown.
When the fates give the eastern USA an enema new York City will be the orifice of choice.
I eel his pain.
What ever happened to the Ground Zero mosque? I recall how liberals were all in favor of that project.
There was a two block vacant lot in Inglewood CA which had a chain link fence around it. The city put out a call fore ideas for development and Disney responded. The city had several hearing during which they made demands on disney which had nothing to do with the development. Disney was bringing hundreds of jobs and a first-class development to the area which was sadly in need.
One day disney CEO walked past his paling office and asked what’s happening in Inglewood. Two nights later eisner and three of his staff showed up at the city council meeting. they repeated the demand for addition al “investment” money for unproven social programs and rigid restrictions on what Disney could do. eisner led his staff out without saying a word and never returned to Inglewood.
Two years later Walmart left the project after promising two other anchor stores and large shopping center. the unions got to the city and wanted to restrict Walmart;’s size and control the planning for the entire lot. Walmart said, we will build in a nearby city, thank you.
If you read bonfire of the vanities you will get a fictional view of how paralyzed some of these places are.
Should be remembered that Trump built a whole skyline on the west side of Manhattan. He fought against the same people to get the job done.