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The Jets - and Mayor - caught a little break when a judge found their bid for the West Side railyards was in fact legal yesterday. State Supreme Court Justice Herman Cahn thought that the MTA acted legally with its last minute (well, last minute for a good chunk of midtown NYC real estate) auction, and knocked down lawsuits from Cablevision and other public interest groups who claimed that the MTA took a low bid. Now, the fate of the proposed $2.2 billion stadium AND CONVENTION CENTER is in the hands of three men in Albany, one decidedly for the plan (Governor Pataki) and two who are hinting that they (Assembly Leader Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno) will postpone the vote on whether or not public funds can be used to for the stadium's building. Of course, that makes the Mayor mad, but since it's hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Hey, Pataki, Silver and Bruno - while you're at it, where the hell are the billions owed to NYC for the public school system?
Read the decision here.
Photograph of Jets President Jay Cross by Newsday; at least he can smile for one day
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Albany is stalling? How shocking.
in a photo from the press conference in the ny times there is union worker wearing a shirt that says "boston" on it. i thought that was pretty funny.
i would link it, but you can't see it in the cropped online photo.
Not fond of the Jets Management but That's a great picture. Good timing on the photographers part.
I wonder how the appeal works out? There are state laws that apply to Public bidding. Anyone know what the law is when a public body picks the numerically worst bid?
I know for the CITY it works like this: the city must pick the top bid unless one of two exceptions apply.
(1) The govt does not have to pick the top bid if it is "not responsive". This means that the bid is not for what the govt is seeking. For example, the govt is seeking bids to provide apples to schools, and an orange grove throws its hat in the ring.
(2) The govt does not have to pick the top bid if the bidder is “not responsible”. This means that the bidder has a shady history and is not trustworthy enough to win a public contract.
Hmmm. Looks like I didn’t answer your question. I guess I just wasted everybody's time.