{"id":189758,"date":"2026-04-08T16:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189758\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T16:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:58:17","slug":"at-west-side-forum-candidates-back-fresh-scrutiny-of-2bn-hudson-yards-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/189758\/","title":{"rendered":"At West Side Forum, Candidates Back Fresh Scrutiny of $2bn Hudson Yards Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Around 70 West Siders packed into Hartley House Tuesday night, with another 30 watching online for a Hell\u2019s Kitchen candidate forum in the race to replace Erik Bottcher \u2014 and one issue quickly cut through the usual campaign lines: the $2 billion public financing deal at the Western Rail Yards. On that, at least, there was no daylight.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"1250\" height=\"938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Forum-CD3-Harley-House-9126.jpeg\" alt=\"Hartley House overview Candidate Forum\" class=\"wp-image-138355\"\/>The four candidates on the ballot to replace Erik Bottcher as local councilmember for Hell\u2019s Kitchen at the forum on Tuesday evening at Harley House. Photo: Phil O\u2019Brien<\/p>\n<p>All four candidates \u2014 Leslie Boghosian Murphy, Lindsey Boylan, Layla Law-Gisiko and Carl Wilson \u2014 signaled they would push for a review of the <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/community-board-urges-mayor-mamdani-to-revisit-hudson-yards-western-rail-yards-financing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PILOT-backed financing structure approved in the final weeks of the Adams administration<\/a>, and made clear they would bring pressure on Mayor Zohran Mamdani to revisit the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Success! Your account was created and you\u2019re signed in.<br \/>Please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/my-account\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">My Account<\/a> to verify and manage your account.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/catie-savage-and-phil-obrien\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img alt=\"Catie Savage &amp; Phil O'Brien\" src=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cropped-IMG_0565-Catie-Savage-Phil-OBrien-120x120.jpg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-120 photo\" height=\"120\" width=\"120\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Catie Savage &amp; Phil O\u2019Brien often report as a team for W42ST, combining Hell\u2019s Kitchen knowledge with journalism experience. Catie, a neighborhood resident since 2005, is W42ST\u2019s Deputy Editor and a longtime community advocate \u2014 founder of Litter Legion, co-chair of the HK49-54 Block Alliance, and a member of Manhattan Community Board 4. Phil is W42ST\u2019s Publisher &amp; Editor, a former international photojournalist (he photographed Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa and Princess Diana) and the founder of EMPICS, once Getty Images\u2019 major European sports photo competitor. Phil has lived in New York since 2012 and founded W42ST in 2014. Together, they cover stories where local lived experience and accountability reporting meet.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/w42st.com\/post\/author\/catie-savage-and-phil-obrien\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tMore by Catie Savage and Phil O&#8217;Brien\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 70 West Siders packed into Hartley House Tuesday night, with another 30 watching online for a Hell\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189759,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49582,75,84,83,9,24,63,87],"class_list":{"0":"post-189758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-election2026","9":"tag-manhattan","10":"tag-manhattan-headlines","11":"tag-manhattan-news","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-nyc","15":"tag-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}