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City Council OKs Fordham’s Lincoln Center expansion
Crain’s reports on the approval of Fordham’s plans to add six new buildings to its campus at Lincoln Center over the next 25 years. The expansion includes new academic buildings and dormitories, which will support the schools growing enrollment.
The vote was practically guaranteed since earlier this month Gale Brewer, D-Manhattan, who represents the Upper West side neighborhood, extracted some concessions from the school to win her support. She negotiated to reduce the heights of the buildings that Fordham will erect. She also got the school to agree to build a public atrium on Columbus Avenue and an escalator to lift people to elevated public open space. The full council typically votes to support the member who represented the district with proposed project.
