At the end of January, the City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) to developers to build a 60-story, 600- ft.-tall, 600-unit apartment tower on public land at Little West 12th and West Streets in the Meatpacking District. The tower would contain up to 75% or more super-luxury housing. The move completely ignores the overwhelming majority of public input during the city’s rushed “public engagement” process, which resulted in zero changes to their plan.

Any developer and plan selected by the City will have to go through a full rezoning and public review process that includes approval by the City Council, for which the local Councilmember (currently Eric Bottcher) will be key. But the Mayor will likely pursue a “take it or leave it” approach, presenting the Council with a proposal that includes a fraction of “affordable” housing and little room for changes. He’ll dare the Council to reject it, and he and allies will apply tremendous pressure to approve it. CLICK HERE for more details on the outrageous details of the plan.

Village Preservation is calling for elimination of all luxury housing from the planned development, and a dramatic reduction in the height of the building — to no more than a quarter to half the currently proposed height (which would result from eliminating all planned luxury housing units). IT’S CRITICAL THAT WE DEMAND NOTHING LESS!

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