We’re past the two-hour mark at today’s major City Council hearing on the city’s Willets Point redevelopment plan, and there’s been a noticeable lack of the yelling, grandstanding and vituperation often seen when contentious issues come before the Council. In place of the typical attacks on the administration have been docile back and forths over numbers ...

Testifying before a packed hearing at the City Council this morning, Deputy Mayor Robert Lieber announced a set of new property deals in the Bloomberg administration’s bid to redevelop Willets Point, including two members of the main opposition group. In testimony before a Council subcommittee, Mr. Lieber said the city had reached agreements with three new landowners, with the ...