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January 24, 2005
Seeking school at Ratner site
NY Daily News:
In the wake of Pace University's withdrawal from Bruce Ratner's big development in lower Manhattan, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is negotiating with him about including a city school in the project.
Silver (D-Manhattan) is championing a combined public school and intermediate school for pre-kindergarten through eighth grade at Ratner's site near City Hall.
If Ratner were to build a public school, he'd gain political capital that could come in handy as he seeks approval for his plan to build a $2.5 billion Nets arena and real estate project in Downtown Brooklyn.
NoLandGrab: Silver has been outspoken in his criticism of the West Side Stadium project, but curiously mute on Ratner's arena dream, though many concerns over both proposals are the same. Behold the power of Albany-style political quid pro quo.
Posted by lumi at January 24, 2005 12:08 PM