@Amanita;
'K, I'll play.
No, I wouldn't. But why would *anyone*---from a government entity on down---plunk money into something they have no intention of improving simply because its
theirs?
Or better yet, why would they do so into
something they've clearly demonstrated an abject inability to improve in an efficient manner?
In this metropolis you have people who do both of what I suggested above--i.e. NIMBYs and unimginative political hacks, both, I might add, surprising for a city that proudly touts its progressivism.
Cuomo, to his credit, has pipelined certain things to make this state more competitive that it has been recently; and one such project entails plans to make his state's greatest city by far a better place to go from Point A to Point B.
I dare say he's not going to let the inner spats and intrigues of City Hall stop him from that. It's just a shame that DeBlasio doesn't seem to highly prioritize the need to keep anti-development elements from greasing influential palms.
It just seems to fly in the face of why he ostensibly ran for public office.