John Sexton
N.Y.U. Among Bidders for CUNY Campus in Kips Bay; Deadline for Proposals Extended
Developers are getting a chunk of extra time to bid on Hunter College’s Brookdale campus site, a 4.2-acre city block in Kips Bay that CUNY is seeking to sell.
CUNY, which owns the property and put out a request for proposals in December, has extended its bid deadline from March 7 to May 22, citing a desire to give developers more time to craft their proposals, according to spokesman Michael Arena. read more »
A Long Night for Times Metro Desk (With Correction)
A team of New York Times metro and investigation reporters and editors have been working since yesterday afternoon to break the story of Eliot Spitzer's alleged involvement with a prostitution ring, according to a newsroom source.
The group of editors were led by metro editor Joe Sexton, politics editor Mary Ann Giordano (former Observer managing editor!), metro political editor Carolyn Ryan and investigation editors Matthew Purdy, Kevin Flynn and Ian Urbina. read more »
Dear NYU Expansion Critics: ‘Move to Sioux City!’
John Sexton, NYU’s president, has the unenviable task of adding six million square feet to the nation’s largest private university, which he calls “space-emaciated.” read more »















