NYC approves NYU building plans
Photo credit: Handout | Undated rendering showing an overview of New York University's proposal to expand its Greenwich Village campus.
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The City Council's land use committee approved a plan Tuesday that will let NYU construct four large buildings on its property in Greenwich Village despite opposition from residents.
City officials, led by council member Margaret Chin (D-Manhattan), brokered a last-minute deal with the university to reduce the size of its massive expansion proposal, clearing the way for the 19 to 1 vote to...