G&M Realty, an apartment developer who is currently building on a famous graffiti site in Long Island City, has come under scrutiny after breaking its promise to employ 1,000 union workers for its project. The news has prompted union leaders to protest around the construction site. G&M made the promise when the company was petitioning for the project to get approved in 2013. The company has responded saying it does not legally need to follow through on its promise and that completely employing union workers would be too expensive. G&M Realty plans to employ as many workers as possible, but has denied requests to release how many it has actually hired thus far.
See "5Pointz Developer Broke Pledge to Use Union Workers, Critics Charge", Jeanmarie Evelly, DNAinfo, August 24, 2016