"You cannot have a situation where one building owner sits there and sticks it to the whole city."
One building owner? There are about 250 businesses still in existence at Willets Point, and the City itself says there are have not been deals made with 9 property owners in the phase 1 footprint, mainly because they have not approached them to discuss the situation.
So where does he get one holdout sticking it to the whole city?
It's more like one mayor sticking it to the whole city.