State Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron declined to dismiss a legal challenge from the City Club of New York against Extell Development Co. and its plan for what would be the tallest residential building on the Upper West Side, a 775-foot tower with 127 apartments on West 66th Street. For only $35, you can get the leading source of business news, anytime & anywhere, for an entire year. The City Club of New York previously sued to block the construction of Barry Diller’s Pier 55. Replace the rest with affordable housing, or just cut the extra 126 feet. Extell denies both charges and has twice had its city approvals upheld by the Board of Standards and Appeals administrative panel. For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. Copyright 2011-2020 West Side Rag. Though it is fast starting to take on that shape. What does that even mean? This doesn’t help the neighborhood do anything except that it pours more people out onto the street. “Two of these voids are 64 feet high, a third is 48 feet high, and a fourth is 20 feet high,” the lawsuit says. 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Extell’s morality ranks on par with another NYC Developer who lacks ethics regarding women, minorities, “s*#thole countries”…. All this does is slow down the duration of the construction and pro-long the inconveniences. The tower in and of itself is beautiful, and a great design, but improvements can be made, just like 200 Amsterdam. ", To send a letter to the editor, please email a message to [email protected]. This is the most fatuous and frivolous lawsuit yet. It was reported on October 14, 2014 by Bloomberg. The 2 agencies with the biggest impact on NYC are totally incompetent and have been functioning in the same manner for decades. It is completely theirs and not anybody else’s responsibility. That’s not what these lawsuits are about though. An attorney for City Club acknowledged in court that the sides discussed terms, but said the deal was not completed before City Club filed the lawsuit. 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