To fund the $1.5 billion in necessary repairs, NYCEDC is proposing to build 7,700 units of housing. Kimball says it’s a mixed-use vision modeled on successful European waterfront cities.
“You go to Oslo and Norway, Malmö, Sweden — so many other European cities have figured out how to do this: port next to greenspace, next to housing, all in one,” Kimball said.
