On Monday, a City Council committee voted to extend the arena's permit for five years. And while they did vote to extend the permit, it's only half of the city Planning Department's 10-year recommendation.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.Madison Square Garden is known as “The World's Most Famous Arena.” But to a lot of New Yorkers, its relationship to the city's infrastructure is just as frustrating as rooting for the Knicks and the Rangers.
And one of the things that's been holding us back from improving those conditions has been the fact that Madison Square Garden sits on top and that Madison Square Garden's cooperation is gonna be needed for us to improve that station. So yesterday, we voted to extend their permit…for five more years.
I believe that five years strikes the right balance because we want to set a clock that will get everyone to the table that isn't too far out, so we don't lose the momentum. But it also provides us some time to really come up with a good solution here. So, as we mentioned this just passed through committee. It still needs to get a stamp of approval from the full City Council and the mayor. Have you been talking to the mayor about it? Do you know where he stands on the five-year extension?
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