These amenities can be plazas, they can be subway improvements.

But, the authority said, 2,730 more cars must be rebuilt before the subway improvements are complete in 1991.

The developer's money was to contribute to a major subway improvement and the rehabilitation of theaters in the area.

Instead he proposed reinstating a city capital gains tax to finance subway improvements.

The sale price is $455.1 million, which is planned to be used for subway improvements.

"But the subway improvements are desperately needed."

Some of the subway improvements exchanged for the 20 percent size bonus seem unimportant, wasteful.

Hearst met with the commission earlier this year to discuss subway improvements and other public works that would allow a taller tower to be built.

The money, M.T.A. officials said, will go for subway improvements.

"The city is depending on income from this project to put towards subway improvement and other public programs," the judge wrote.