34th St. BID sues over newsstand. (Business Improvement District sues New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, Department of Transportation, Art Commission and newsstand owner charging dangerous pedestrian traffic conditions)

From: Real Estate Weekly | Date: February 24, 1993 | Copyright information

The New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, the Department of Transportation, the Art Commission, and the owner of an unlicensed and illegal newsstand are being sued by the 34th Street Partnership over, what the group claims are, 'deplorable and dangerous pedestrian traffic conditions at the southeast corner of West 34th Street and Avenue of the Americas, directly in front of the McAlpin House at 50 West 34th Street.

According to Daniel A. Biederman, president of t...

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