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Hochul and Adams' stand-up Armory act won't actually help The Bronx
August 9, 2023 | 8:14pmOnly one thing can explain Gov. Kathy Hochul’ꦚs and Mayor Eric Adams’ tag-team plan to bring the decades-empty Kingsbridge Armory in The Bronx back to life.
Hochul, Adams pledge $🐭200M to redo Kingsbridge Armory, although no one knows what for yet
August 8, 2023 | 6:16pmVirtually e𓆉very detail — other than the size of check from the city and state treasuries — has yet to be worked ou﷽t.
Why Amazon's Queens fiasco is reminiscent of an old Bronx flub
February 19, 2019 | 9:55pmIt’s déjà vu all over again. A ꦗdecade ago, the Bronx was poised for the retail redevelopment of the Kingsbridge Armory by Related. There were many neighborhood critics, including u🐽nions,...
Ruben Diaz cost the Bronx 1,200 jobs — and it shouldn't 'feel good'
January 3, 2017 | 12:29am꧙ The Bronx is now entering its eighth year since Borough President Ruben Diaz killed plans for a mall at the Kingsbridge꧟ Armory that would have brought 1,200 new jobs. And...
The progressive curse that ke🐼eps killing Bronಞx jobs
April 4, 2016 | 8:51pmIf the Kingsbridge Armory is curse𒉰d, the hex is clearly a progressive one. Rangers legend Mark Messier has gone public with his frustration at Mayor de Blasio for holding up...
Bronx boro prez demands de Blasio back Messier's ice rink
April 4, 2016 | 8:44pmBronx Borough President Ruben𝄹 Diaz demanded Monday that the de Blasio administration allow hockey legend Mark Messier’s team to move ahead with a $350 million plan to develop the Kingsbridge...
Uﷺnions would rather ha🔥ve empty hotels than jobs
September 28, 2014 | 8:30amIs The Bronx making a comeback? Unemployment in the nation’s poorest urban county dropped bꦉelow 10 percent in August — down from 13.9 percent in 2010, at the depth of...
Jobs on ice
June 9, 2014 | 8:02pmNew York politicians who believe that jacking up the minimum wage will help workers๊ might want to take a look at the latest crisis at Kingsbrid൲ge Armory. Plans are to...
꧙ 757 Third Ave. is roaring back
January 13, 2014 | 9:35pmAby Rosen’s $30 million “repositioning” of 757 Third Ave. did the trick. A bunch of new leasesꦫ have bro💞ught the 500,000 square-foot office tower at East 47th Street to 95...
💜 Kingsbridge skating complex plan on tꦇhin ice
December 8, 2013 | 8:38pmDoes Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. regret torpedoing the Kingsbridge Armory project four years ago? For the inferior replacement plan he champions is n🎀🧸ow endangered by similar politicking. On...