The Port Authority is likely to approve a 10-year lease renewal with American Stevedoring Inc. at the Red Hook port, according to an article in today’s
Daily News, which means the city’s controversial plans to build housing and a marina on the waterfront are officially dead. City and state support for the new development on the Red Hook waterfront, which was supposed to include a beer garden and a hotel, has dwindled over the past several months. A spokesperson for Gov. Spitzer said “the governor supports a long-term deal on the port to insure the future of maritime activity…shipping is good for the city and job growth is good for the city.”
Red Hook Port Deal Shipshape [NY Daily News]
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