New York City is taking another swing at Staten Island’s North Shore, trading failed tourism bets for a full-scale neighborhood buildout.  The New York City Economic Development Corporation and Council member Kamillah Hanks unveiled a sweeping vision to remake Empire Outlets and the former New York Wheel site into a mixed-use district anchored by as many as 2,500 new homes. The vision is a major shift for a waterfront defined more by stalled projects than momentum. The plan, shaped through months of community workshops with more than 1,000 residents, moves away from the city’s decade-long pursuit of drawing visitors to […]

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