MTA, city reach rail yards deal.(Briefs)(Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Manhattan City sign deal)(restaurants to cut down on fat)(Revlon Inc. downsizing)

Crain's New York Business, October, 2006

Byline: from staff reports and bloomberg news reports The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which owns the rail yards on Manhattan's far West Side (above), and the city reached an agreement that calls for the 13-acre site to be rezoned and sold to a property developer through a bidding process.

The deal--subsequently approved by the MTA board--also paves the way for the city to seek financing for a $2 billion extension of the No. 7 subway. Fat ban urged for restaurants new york city's Board of Health proposed a ban on the use of artificial trans fats--like those found in some margarines and frying oils--in the city's 20,000 restaurants. Eateries would have 18 months to stop using the fats or face fines of as much as $2,000. Revlon axes jobs, ends...

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