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Re: Con Edison Owns Half the Site: Re: Landmarking of 45-47 Park Place denied |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Mon Aug 9 09:29:38 2010, in response to Con Edison Owns Half the Site: Re: Landmarking of 45-47 Park Place denied, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Aug 9 07:47:24 2010. It's a master lease from what I have read (that is, a lease on the land); however, the mosque exercised its option to buy in February. Con Ed has not yet completed an appraisal of the property to determine the final selling price, but at least publicly, it has not disputed whether or not Rauf can demolish the property (so long as the payments are made).Where it may get complicated if Rauf decides to go ahead and buy the property (which would take it off the tax rolls) with the makeup of the PSC---it's currently 3-2 Democrat (by law, only 3 members can be a member of one party), and a vote seems likely to fall along party lines (it had swung Republican until a Republican member of the committee resigned; a Democrat replaced her). I thought of posting it last night, but couldn't decide if it warranted its own thread or not. It may not be a roadblock at all even if the sale is rejected. BTW, as for the property that the mosque owns outright, the previous owner died in 2006, and his wife was desperately trying to offload it. The previous landlord was Jewish (Stephen Pomerantz). If at that time, the wife was aware that others wanted it for a war memorial, she may have decided to seek to donate the parcel to the city. |
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