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Steve Spinola of the Real Estate Board of New York, an advocacy group, called the waterfront one of the city's "great unsung assets."

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Mr. Spinola added that the landmarks commission doesn't take economic impact into consideration when it approves new landmark districts, but the City Council does.

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"The still-empty Kingsbridge Armory is a testament to the deterring effect of wage mandates and how they can thwart otherwise promising developments," said Steven Spinola of the Real Estate Board of New York.

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"I don't think it's going to be difficult to raise the necessary funds to get the message across," said Steven Spinola, a coalition board member and president of the Real Estate Board of New York.

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Mr. Spinola pointed to this inconsistency as a reason the rules should be changed.

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"We're going to be clearly recommending to the city that there need to be some changes," Steven Spinola, president of the Real Estate Board of New York, said Friday.

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The Queens location could be another hurdle because many tourists prefer to stay in Manhattan with easy access to restaurants and Broadway, said Steven Spinola, president of the Real Estate Board of New York, an industry association.

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"Part of the planning will have to be the transportation to get people around the city of New York," Mr. Spinola said.

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Mr. Spinola said that the city has changed significantly since the rules were first put in place, and that he believes whatever changes the group proposes will likely benefit neighborhoods, ensuring similar protests could not go on.

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But the "majority of the board understood what the governor was trying to do and decided not to fight it," said Steven Spinola, the group's president.

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