City to move government offices to East New York to spur Development (Ridge: top neighborhoods, lease)
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Are you really that naive to trust that cost savings is the initiative here by government? Sounds here that the initiative is to put the people's money into the pockets of developers. Something tells me that someone out there is bribing Eric Adams.
Of course the developers would make money, but i dont see how this would cost taxpayers. Its not detrimental.
Non-organic development comes at the cost of the taxpayer
Can you elaborate/explain?
Even if no development occurs as a result of government agencies relocating, it would still not cost taxpayers. The city hires a developer to provide them with office space in East New York for an agency's operations. The agency moves out and leases out the prime real estate to the developer. It's not like anything is being subsidized.
The current givernment offices are delapidated and are gonna need to renovate or move soon anyway. Moving them to east New York would be a lot cheaper than keeping them in Downtown Brooklyn. Sellling off the downtown Brooklyn space should cover most of the cost of the new development in East New York.
The current givernment offices are delapidated and are gonna need to renovate or move soon anyway. Moving them to east New York would be a lot cheaper than keeping them in Downtown Brooklyn. Sellling off the downtown Brooklyn space should cover most of the cost of the new development in East New York.
Good point.
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The current givernment offices are delapidated and are gonna need to renovate or move soon anyway. Moving them to east New York would be a lot cheaper than keeping them in Downtown Brooklyn. Sellling off the downtown Brooklyn space should cover most of the cost of the new development in East New York.
Downtown Brooklyn is MUCH more accessible than East New York, not to mention safer. It's absurd to expect Brooklynites to travel to a far place that is one BIG ghetto.
Downtown Brooklyn is MUCH more accessible than East New York, not to mention safer. It's absurd to expect Brooklynites to travel to a far place that is one BIG ghetto.
Back in the day, Downtown Brooklyn really wasn't that safe either.
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But it was always accessible... East New York has never been that accessible.
Broadway Junction is very accessible. A, D, J, Z, L and Long Island RailRoad. And whenever government offices move to East New York, those who need to do business with the government have no choice but to go.
When I lived in Queens for example, to go to the DMV or get a new copy of my social security card I had to Jamaica. It didn't matter whether I wanted to go that far or not, the bottom line is that's where those offices were located and I had to go.
Once ENY is more development with government offices the real estate there will further develop. The city is actively developing the South Bronx, Jamaica, and East New York as the next group of business centers.
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