My colleague Kathryn Brenzel wrote an intriguing article about the Meatpacking District RFP, in which the city sought an “emerging developer” but did not choose one. Instead, the Economic Development Corporation selected a bid by Douglaston Development — a very experienced firm — and “emerging developer” David Himmel, a former COO at the big real estate company Jamestown and scion of a prominent real estate family. Alicia Glen, the former deputy mayor, said as a feminist she found the decision “appalling and disgraceful.” Glen is absolutely right that this was a missed opportunity for the city to help a female […]

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