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Pol: Javits Center expansion plans 'dead'

Plans to significantly expand the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center have been scaled back and will now only amount to a renovation and a modest addition to the West Side facility, officials said Thursday.

The Empire State Development Corporation is considering several smaller-scale alternatives to the original plan, including an expansion of about 100,000 square feet. More than half of the...

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