1.0 link 219269 <![CDATA[MTA Hands Millions to Billionaire Developer]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-ettlinger/mta-hands-millions-to-bil_b_219269.html Surely one of the most bizarre events in the tortured story of the city's relationship with developers occurred today, in what may be the first of several upsetting events this week.

At a time when the city and MTA are scrambling for money through fare hikes and budget cuts, the Finance Committee of the MTA, which more or less controls the fate of billionaire developer Bruce Ratner (of Forest City Ratner), recommended Monday to drop the price of the air...

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