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February 6, 2008
Some Trustees Challenge Polytechnic-N.Y.U. Merger
The New York Times
by Karen W. Arenson
In interviews, alumni leaders said they were concerned that the Polytechnic name and identity would disappear if the merger goes through, and that the students it serves would not find a place at the bigger university.
John Beckman, an N.Y.U. spokesman, said there was no question that the merger “is going to change both of our institutions, and for the better, but in terms of maintaining their identity, their fear is misplaced.”
Despite such assurances, alumni are suspicious. They said they feared that space-starved N.Y.U. was more interested in Polytechnic’s 650,000-square-foot campus in Brooklyn’s MetroTech Center and its other assets, including the possible sale of air rights to a major developer, Forest City Ratner, than in rebuilding Polytechnic.
Posted by eric at February 6, 2008 5:11 PM