AGP Executive Report
Last update: 2 hours agoLandmark Closure: Manhattan’s Plaza Hotel will shut in January 2027 for at least four years while crews restore its historic facade. The 1907 landmark’s operator has not disclosed the project’s cost or full scope. South Bronx Development: Prologis is under contract to buy the former New York Post printing plant in Port Morris, raising fears among South Bronx Unite that the site could become an Amazon warehouse and add truck traffic to an already polluted area. Affordable Housing: Officials opened 385 permanently affordable homes in East New York and marked progress on 453 more, along with a child care center. Transit: Citi Bike plans to add more than 3,700 docks in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens. Separately, the MTA removed four fare-enforcement agents from duty pending an investigation into a confrontation with a Brooklyn school dean. Consumer Protection: Attorney General Letitia James secured a $1.875 million Dollar General donation of food and personal items after an investigation found routine overcharging; the company also agreed to reforms. Open Space: New York acquired nearly 750 acres near the former Shoreham nuclear plant, protecting coastal habitat and Long Island’s sole-source aquifer.
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