Last minute compromise worked out by Speaker Quinn. The City Council voted on July 23, 2008 to approve the rezoning proposal of KMG Greenwich LLC after Speaker Christine Quinn, who represents the district, worked out a last-minute agreement with the developer.

KMG’s original application sought to rezone over five blocks of the manufacturing-zoned Hudson Square to a zoning which would permit residential construction as-of-right. On KMG’s lots, the plan will facilitate conversion of the vacant … <Read More>