After the Quadriad meeting, the President remained alone while the rest of the group dined at the Laurel Cabin.  

Rita Gorman, a former pension fund administrator who lives on 190th Street, said the Quadriad towers make no sense: “Visually, it’s out of whack.”

Councilman Rodriguez said that Quadriad should tap public funds so that working-class people can afford them.

Quadriad tried to introduce a 21-story tower in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, that would have had 270 apartments, 90 of which would have been middle-income, but the Planning Commission balked.

Quadriad is dangling all kinds of incentives for the project, estimated to cost $335 million.