Quinn pushes for more affordable housing in Related’s West Side Rail Yards proposal

The Related Companies’ West Side Rail Yards complex is going to need more affordable housing units if its $15 billion plan is to gain City Council approval, Speaker Christine Quinn said at a hearing on zoning changes for the site yesterday. Related has proposed 5,000 housing units, in addition to office towers, hotels, shops and parks on the 13-acre, Metropolitan Transportation Authority-owned land that lies between 10th and 12th avenues and 30th and 33rd streets. The company has said 8 percent of the housing units it builds there would be affordable. [Post]