I bet Zohran Mamdani loves the new upgrades to Grand Central Terminal. The mayor-elect should ask himself: Would they have happened if we treated transit stations like he does rent-stabilized apartments? The MTA just finished a $700 million overhaul of Grand Central, giving the terminal 30 new turnstiles, 38 new or wider staircases and a wider mezzanine outside the entrance for the 4, 5, 6 and 7 trains. It also replaced 10 escalators and 10 elevators. No such overhaul has happened to a rent-stabilized property since the Mamdani-backed Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act of 2019 capped rent increases to […]
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