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January 26, 2005
Secret city land deal a whopper
NY Daily News Exclusive: Mayor Mike, The Spin Doctoroff and the EDC dupes the City Council over secret land grab deal with Doctoroff's pal and former business partner Steve Ross.
When the City Council approved the massive Hudson Yards development project last week, it gave the Bloomberg administration permission to condemn and acquire several parcels of land on Manhattan's far West Side.
But the Council was never told the city had no intention of condemning the site.
The city had quietly decided last fall to sell it to one of this town's biggest real estate developers, Stephen Ross, for the price of a song: $100,000.
NoLandGrab: Business as usuall at City Hall. This article was published yesterday. A day later, the news media is too busy to follow up on stories of blatant corruption.
Posted by lumi at January 26, 2005 9:21 AM