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sventhewalrus t1_jef3luo wrote

average public meeting comment: "I worked hard all my life to be able to afford to live in my Upper East Side co-op that I inherited from my grandfather. And now, you're going to let hundreds of lazy leeches move into our neighborhood, just because they checks notes have cancer?"

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KaiDaiz t1_jef43el wrote

its going to be complaints about blocking view and sun & building too tall for character of the area- just look at the long battle with residents regarding the blood bank research center 2 or so street from this proposed building

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Resident_Ant_6794 t1_jefe1ms wrote

500ft too tall for Manhattan 🤔 These people are delusional

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Luke90210 t1_jefpj5p wrote

There are many places in Manhattan not dominated by tall buildings. That said, the hypocrites should not expect the city to stand still for their own selfish benefit.

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wahikid t1_jefq1sp wrote

There is a ~15 story building there currently. I used to live there.

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francium_87 t1_jegyz97 wrote

Even funnier bc this isn’t even the “rich” part of the UES. Most of the buildings around this are either other hospital/research buildings + some student/postdoc housing

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