The chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has thrown his support behind the Jets' $720 million bid for the rights to build a stadium over its railyards on the West Side of Manhattan, all but assuring that the authority's board will approve a sale to the team at its meeting this morning, according to two people who spoke yesterday with the chairman, Peter S. Kalikow.So much for the highest bidder. The Cablevision bid is being called "not credible". Not credible is how these people decide to spend our money.
The team's proposal has been championed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who sees the stadium as the centerpiece of the city's effort to lure the 2012 Olympics...
3.31.2005
as if we need another
A new reason to hate the MTA. This morning the New York Times reports:
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