Stringer

Tensions ran high at a panel on Columbia’s Manhattanville expansion plan hosted Tuesday evening by Global Solutions, a campus organization that seeks to provide a forum for debate.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer rejected the rezoning proposal of Tuck-it-Away storage company owner Nick Sprayregen on Wednesday.

Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and University President Lee Bollinger announced an agreement on Wednesday in which Columbia pledged money for affordable housing and Stringer voted to approve the University’s proposed Manhattanville expansion.

At a public forum held by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer Wednesday night, West Harlem residents and business owners, elected officials, Columbia students, and Columbia expansion supporters and opponents testified for four hours, expressing their opinions on Columbia’s 197-c plan and Community Board 9’s 197-a plan.