[hi-v-rocknroll]

Correct. This is what was lost. Louis Rossmann I think made a somewhat knee jerk video about it.[0]

The company who owns the land is called "Safehold".[1] Rent seeking upon rent seeking. I'm surprised UBS also didn't sell the mineral rights to a fracking concern before they sold the land.

0. https://youtu.be/vpV1FS-gRZw

1. https://www.safeholdinc.com

[bobthepanda]

There is no way in hell anyone would get an approval to frack anything in Manhattan of all places, and there isn’t really anything worth fracking under there anyways. Manhattan has never been a large source of mineral wealth.

[hi-v-rocknroll]

Poe's law invoked.

[ruraljuror]

fracking comment was tongue-in-cheek