New York – Jewish Leaders Drop Opposition To Architect Of Javits Center Expansion

New York – New York political leaders gave up their opposition to using British architect Richard Rogers for the $1.7 billion expansion of the Jacob Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.
Rogers came under fire for his involvement with a recently created organization of British architects that had supported an economic boycott of Israel.

Although Rogers cut his ties to the group, state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Democratic U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner sought to have Roberts stripped of his role at the convention center, but concerns about his links with the British group were allayed after Silver, Weiner and Rogers met in the Manhattan offices of the Conference of Presidents, which represents over 50 U.S. Jewish organizations.