From NY Post:
The City Council found money in the sofa cushions — or more precisely, under the Brooklyn Bridge.
The panel is floating a cash-making budget-balancing scheme to rent out the world-famous span’s vaults, which are underneath it, tucked inside its stone anchorages.
There is a total of 13,000 square feet of the space, which once hosted art shows but has been locked up since 2001.
City-owned vehicles are being parked in the vaults right now, but a $127 billion city budget proposal pitched by the council Wednesday could change that to raise funds “as an alternative to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s ‘tax the rich’ spending plan,” the Post notes.
Manhattan could earn $17 million annually by leasing the space. The council predicts the bridge’s rented rooms will generate millions by 2027.
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