http://www.gothamist.com/2006/09/27/west_side_raily_1.php All comments for West Side Railyards Will Be Up for Bidding en-us 2007 design_jill Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:26:27 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jpriluck@earthlink.net jpriluck@earthlink.net 60 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/09/27/west_side_raily_1.php#comment-391756 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/09/27/west_side_raily_1.php#comment-391756 Comments Wed, 27 Sep 2006 11:55:44 -0500 <p>attorneys general</p> http://www.gothamist.com/2006/09/27/west_side_raily_1.php#comment-391596 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/09/27/west_side_raily_1.php#comment-391596 Comments Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:51:18 -0500 <p>It's really just selling the land to developers and then using the money to extend the 7 line to benefit....developers! And a favorable zoning change thrown into the bargain! Nice! It's so cool that real estate in NYC is so free-market-oriented! </p> http://www.gothamist.com/2006/09/27/west_side_raily_1.php#comment-391555 http://www.gothamist.com/2006/09/27/west_side_raily_1.php#comment-391555 Comments Wed, 27 Sep 2006 10:32:01 -0500 <p>Bloomberg wins, Second Avenue Subway cancelled, if what you say is correct. The city had agreed to fund the #7 line extension with its own funds, based on the future taxes paid by development on the West Side. The MTA was going to use the sale of the rail yards to fund other projects, or just to prevent the collapse of the existing system. If the sale of the rail yards is going to be dedicated to the Flushing extension, that money will not be available for its originally intended purpose. That is no different from giving the Railyards to the city for nothing, and having the city use the proceeds to fund the Flushing Extension.</p>