Should the MTA be allowed to own NYCHA

[BoogeyDownDweller]

Originally Posted by Aquarius37

I think every NYCHA building should be forced to build SRO cottages on their rooftops with slides that let you slide down into the courtyard without having to use the elevators or stairs.

I think everyone with the username Aquarius37 should have to slide down a slide that drops off a cliff if they make silly posts like this one...

[BBMW]

How about this:

Development rights are a currency that the government can create. So let the MTA create some. Allow them to sell expanded development rights to developers, in return for either continuing or one time payments (depending on some formula the state legislature comes up with.)

[nightcrawler]

the MTA needs to get all new accountants, they still cant make the budget work, and how many fare increases have they had, and they still cry poverty.
please.....

[NyWriterdude]

Originally Posted by BBMW

How about this:

Development rights are a currency that the government can create. So let the MTA create some. Allow them to sell expanded development rights to developers, in return for either continuing or one time payments (depending on some formula the state legislature comes up with.)

Sounds like a BRILLIANT idea. They've done this in extremely limited circumstances like Hudson Yards and Atlantic Yards. Let the MTA do this on a broader scale.

The MTA could sell the air rights to Sunnyside Yards, Concourse Yards (there are proposes to let Lehman College and others expand on top of the Concourse Yards) all while selling additional development rights, which would give them stakes in any new construction/real estate nearby.