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November 4, 2006

Friday: Chelsea Artworld 'Streetwalkers'! Plus, Redesigning Design

The Real Estate
Max Abelson

The math is a bit complex, but Brooklyn Paper reports that the IRS will be foiling Bruce Ratner's "sweetheart deal" for the Atlantic Yards. Developers have long enjoyed a tax scheme called PILOT--payments in lieu of taxes--in which those "payments" are quite petite. PILOTs were bestowed upon the Mets and the Yanks for their new digs, but will it now be taken from Bruce and the Nets?

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Posted by amy at November 4, 2006 11:53 AM