Community board expected to vote down Fordham expansion plan

Manhattan’s
Community Board 7 is expected to vote against Fordham University’s plan
to expand its Lincoln Center campus today. The land use committee of
the board voted against the project — which would add about 2.35 million
square feet, including a
new law school, dorms, parking garages and residential towers — last
month. Opponents say the buildings are too large for the campus,
between
Columbus and Amsterdam avenues, and West 60th and 62nd streets. The board also argued that the university should not be allowed to sell the land
it obtained by eminent domain for educational purposes to developers to help pay for
the expansion.

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