Di Blasio has been talking about this again (enough that Sunnyside Yards trended on my twitter).
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/2015020 ... side-yards" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
In his State of the City address, the mayor said the city wants to build 11,250 affordable apartments at the 200-acre rail yard, comparing the proposal to the original mission of housing developments like Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village.
Came across this article from November while looking through tweets on it:
http://newyorkyimby.com/2014/11/afforda ... -yard.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
While YIMBY will of course cheer on any project to build new homes in this housing-starved city, there are reasons to be skeptical that a deal will be reached. Between the cost of building a deck and the city and Amtrak’s competing interests in the site, developing the rail yard will likely leave many unsatisfied, if a plan can be agreed upon at all.
Meanwhile, a former congressman has chimed in:
https://twitter.com/anthonyweiner/statu ... 2041235458" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
And what sounds like a nuh-uh from the Governor's direction:
https://twitter.com/TheChiefDRosenb/sta ... 1961116673" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Is all of the Sunnyside complex owned by Amtrak or are parts of it owned by MTA?