In a report which went to Tuesday's meeting of the city council's development management committee, planners said the benefits of the plan outweighed any negative impact on the city's heritage assets.
The FDA initially declined to approve it, asking in March 2010 for more information about the drug's prescribing label and the companies' risk-management plan to ensure the drug's benefits outweigh its risks.
It is, however, believed to include some role for the federal Office of Personnel Management, which oversees the Federal Employee Health BenefitsPlan, the group of private health insurance plans that covers some 9 million federal workers and their dependents.
Regardless of the fact that the fault clearly lies with management failing to plan prudently, workers will pay the price by surrendering pension benefits in order to enable these companies to survive.
Dollar for dollar, a traditional pension plan yields more pension benefits than do 401(k) plans because 401(k) management and investment fees are three times higher.