Do We Hear Community Plan Echo Downtown?
Community Board 9 should be proud. Its 197-a plan for West Harlem is having an impact - though unfortunately for board members, it’s on a different neighborhood.
Last week, New York University and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer announced that they’ve agreed to a set of principles guiding the university’s future development. NYU doesn’t have a great track record in involving the community in its expansion, but between the current 2031 Initiative and this agreement, it’s clear that the university is trying to clean up its act (or at least its image) as it goes into another major phase of development.
