Hoylman takes aim at Penn project after Cuomo aides tried to boost support for Manhattan BP bid
Denis Slattery
ALBANY — State Sen. Brad Hoylman (D-Manhattan) is pitching a piece of legislation that would force Gov. Cuomo’s controversial redevelopment plan around Penn Station to go through the standard city land-use review process.
The introduction of the measure comes after the Daily News revealed that top Cuomo officials tried unsuccessfully to drum up union support for Hoylman’s Manhattan borough president bid earlier this year.
Hoylman refused to comment on the calls made by Cuomo allies to union officials or his relationship with the governor, instead focusing on the one-house bill that would make the Empire Station Complex project subject to the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure.