Reposting for a friend involved in the effort. Quick recap: NYU quietly bought the Kips Bay Plaza strip a year ago and is evicting the AMC (and likely the Fairway) to expand its medical footprint, without engaging the community or the city. New this week: Powers, Maloney, Epstein, Gonzalez, Nadler, Lasher, and Borough President Hoylman-Sigal signed a letter to NYU demanding a meeting. NYU would need rezoning approval (City Council + BP) to convert the retail to medical use, and the neighboring apartment complex owns the air rights and has said no to vertical construction, so this isn't a done deal. savekipsbay.org submitted by /u/edc1591 [link] [comments]
AI summary coming soon. Read the full article at the source below.
