$1 billion project awaits odd Metro vote

A crucial vote today for a massive $1 billion mixed-use project in NoHo has become tangled as 11 of the 13 Metro board members are barred from casting ballots on it - because they have all received campaign contributions connected to projects considered for the site. Read the Daily News story HERE.

The only two board members without conflicts are Richard Katz and John Fasana.

So now the Metro board will use an obscure lottery-based procedure, established by former state Sen. Tom Hayden, that solely applies to Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Under the legislation, a lottery will be used to randomly select five of the 11 conflicted members to cast their votes.

Still, the development measure will fail unless all five conflicted members - plus Katz and Fasana - vote to approve it.

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