The Greer Journal

November 14, 2013- Governor Cuomo finally signed A8031. The Villager reports, “On the same day that around 200 Lower West Side residents gathered to discuss their fears about a bill that would allow the transfer and sale of Hudson River Park’s air rights, Governor Andrew Cuomo finally signed the bill into law. Andrew Berman, executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation, had just finished his introductory speech at Wednesday’s meeting, around 7 p.m., when word came that Cuomo had signed the bill. (It was The Villager that alerted Berman by e-mail after having been informed by a spokesperson for the Hudson River Park Trust that the governor had approved the bill. Assemblymember Richard Gottfried also confirmed to The Villager that the governor had O.K.’d the bill.)”

June 21, 2013- By Steven E. Greer, MD

We previously reported that the state assembly (an d likely the senate) passed a bill this week that now allows the Hudson River Park Trust to sell unused air rights to adjacent properties to the east. This will provide the much needed funding to repair Pier 40 and run the entire HRPT. We obtained the bill and read it, looking for other changes that will be coming to the Hudson River stretch of Manhattan.

First, regarding the new ability to sell air rights, the bill states Continue reading →