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NYC lawmakers push NYU Langone to keep Kips Bay AMC theater open
PN Team • 2 months ago
Several New York officials are urging NYU Langone to reconsider plans that would close the AMC Theatre in Kips Bay, Manhattan. The medical center purchased the land where the theater sits last year, and the venue is now slated to shut down by the end of the year.
Assemblyman Keith Powers, Representative Jerry Nadler, the Manhattan borough president, and several city councilmembers sent a letter to NYU Langone asking the institution to sit down and discuss alternatives that would let the theater remain in operation. The push reflects broader concern over the loss of a longtime neighborhood entertainment venue to institutional real estate expansion. No response or commitment from NYU Langone has been reported yet, and the theater's closure timeline has not changed.
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