Mayor de Blasio won’t use $40 million annual surplus in Battery Park City funds to fix up dingy NYCHA apartments
The plan to devote a total of $400 million from Battery Park to NYCHA over 10 years needs approval by the mayor, the city controller and the governor.
This week Gov. Cuomo joined Controller Scott Stringer to support the plan, but Mayor de Blasio is balking.
“It’s deeply disappointing that the mayor came out against the Battery Park Authority proposal. It’s not progressive at all,” City Council Housing Committee Chairman Ritchie Torres (D-Bronx) said at a rally outside City Hall Thursday.
Councilman Ben Kallos (D-Manhattan) added, “Where is Mayor de Blasio? Can he please say yes to $400 million?”