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Manhattan condo project is first to test New York's affordable housing rule
Published Tue, Aug 9, 2016 · 09:50 PM
New York
A SMALL parking lot between 17th and 18th Streets, just off Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, has become an unlikely focal point in a battle over the future of mayor Bill de Blasio's affordable housing plan.
A developer wants to build a 17-storey, 62-unit condominium project on the lot, incorporating an adjacent four-story tenement and five-storey loft building, home to Adorama, the venerable camera shop.
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