"This is going to be academic space," said Alicia Hurley, NYU's Vice President of Government Affairs. "Classrooms, performance facilities, some space for student dorms, a new athletic center, faculty housing as well but primarily faculty research and classroom space."
Alicia Hurley, vice president of government affairs and community engagement for NYU, said reducing the size of these buildings will require the school to scale back dorms and academic space, but she characterized the moves as necessary compromises to allow the project to move forward.