News on Seth Pinsky

Mom and the Folks at Coney Island Forum

2010-03-01T23:42:45Z

<div><p>Get on the bus. </p><p>That’s the message Economic Development Corporation head Seth Pinsky had for attendees of a panel on Coney Island at the Municipal Art Society on Wednesday night. </p><p>“If you really want to do some...

At Hearing, Yankee Stadium Discourse Degenerates (Further)

2010-03-02T20:50:14Z

<div><p>Yankees President Randy Levine and city economic development official Seth Pinsky, apparently not amused by the subpoenas and bad press they’ve received recently, resorted to a relatively aggressive line of defense at a tense hearing this morning on bonds for the new Yankee Stadium, called by ...

Lawmaker offers to fight Yankees prez over stadium

2010-03-02T21:31:53Z

<div id="subtitle">Assemblyman challenges NY Yankees president to fight at hearing on stadium funding</div><div><p>Yankees president Randy Levine asserted repeatedly at a combative hearing Wednesday that the team's new $1.5 billion stadium — backed by hundreds of millions of dollars in public subsidies — is a good deal for...

I.R.S. Could Crimp Bloomberg's Big Plans

2010-03-02T10:41:42Z

<div><p>As the Bloomberg administration scrambles to get its development projects in the ground amid a slowing economy and a waning political term, two major planned initiatives the city has championed face a formidable hurdle: the Internal Revenue Service. </p><p>For the financing plan for the Atlantic Yar...

At Yankees Hearing, Kucinich Schools City Officials

2010-02-27T21:04:16Z

<div><p></p><p>Two city officials trekked to Washington today to respond to a Congressional inquiry into the tax-free financing for the new Yankee Stadium, where they came face-to-face with a rather stern Representaikve Dennis Kucinich. </p>&...

On Tomorrow…

2010-02-27T21:32:28Z

<div><p>10:00 AM - U.S. House Subcommittee on Domestic Policy: "Gaming the Tax Code: the New York Yankees and the City of New York Respond to Questions About the New Yankee Stadi...