Small businesses in the wrecking ball path of the Fulton Street Transit Center got their evictions pushed back until Aug. 31, according to a press release from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer. The BP along with Rep. Jerry Nadler have said for weeks that because the big $850 million project is delayed, the evictions should be delayed too.
Business owners have also long complained that the MTA wasn’t fulfilling their legal obligation to help them relocate.
Which reminds me of overhearing a top MTA exec privately joke with colleagues last year that the Fulton Street businesses could be relocated to the Freedom Tower and all new towers planned for Ground Zero which are desperate for tenants.
-- Chuck Bennett
