Pete Davidson and Colin Jost have but to maneuver the John F. Kennedy boat out of the St. George ferry terminal.
Steve White
The Adams administration is giving “Saturday Evening Reside” funnymen Pete Davidson and Colin Jost additional time to discover a docking spot for the retired Staten Island Ferry they need to flip right into a comedy membership, The Submit has realized.
The large John F. Kennedy — which the Staten Island born-and-bred stars bought at public sale on Jan. 19 for $280,100 — was nonetheless berthed Saturday on metropolis property close to the St. George ferry terminal — nicely previous the ten enterprise days they had been required to maneuver it by.
Nevertheless, comedy membership proprietor Paul Italia, who's partnering with the SNL stars to remake the ferry as New York’s hottest comedy membership, advised The Submit that Metropolis Corridor is giving them an extension.
“They’re working with us,” he mentioned Saturday. “They understand it’s not a simple job, and they're being very useful.”
The group needs to rent two tugboats and tow the ferry to a yet-to-be decided pier in Brooklyn or Staten Island, the place it should sit all through the renovations till a everlasting house is discovered.
Italia mentioned his group is negotiating with homeowners of a number of potential websites fascinated about having the 277-foot lengthy, 2,109-ton vessel.
Trade insiders have mentioned the group ought to count on to pay roughly $100,000 to $150,000 a 12 months to park the boat within the metropolis.
A Metropolis Corridor supply confirmed the town is offering the group additional time and assist discover a spot to dock. The boat was initially alleged to be moved by Feb. 2. The group and the town then settled in on a Feb. 4 pickup date, however now either side mentioned they hope to resolve the difficulty inside the subsequent week.
Though metropolis guidelines name for gadgets bought at metropolis auctions to be picked up inside 10 enterprise days, the town doesn’t sometimes penalize consumers for being late.
Italia final week advised The Submit his crew needs to companion with Mayor Eric Adams and assist revive an underused city-owned pier and its surrounding neighborhood, including they’ve reached out to the New York Metropolis Financial Growth Company to gauge curiosity.
Adams beforehand advised Davidson and Jost on Twitter he “liked” their plans, including “tell us how we may also help and we’ll be there for the maiden voyage.”
Past navigating waves of forms to safe permits, licenses and different approvals at varied metropolis and state businesses, the star-studded group ought to count on to shell out tens of hundreds of thousands of dollars to design and rebuild the ferry’s inside into an leisure venue; and set up a sprinkler system, emergency exits and different additions to satisfy hearth and security codes, in keeping with planners polled.
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