Develop Willets Point

In an effort to provide both sides of the story, here’s a video that was just posted on Blip.tv. It’s a few minutes long and records some of the workers and shops in Willets Point. The people who appear in the video make their cases as to why the city shouldn’t develop the [...]

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There’s a little more on the breakup between ACORN and Save Willets Point from the NY Daily News via On Ny Turf.
Again, Save Willets Point became infuriated when they realized that ACORN was only out to push their affordable housing goals and not the issue of eminent domain as it pertains to the businesses SWP [...]

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The Daily News outlines a major break in the coalition fighting the Mayor’s plan to develop Willets point. Apparently the coalition of business owners became infuriated when they discovered that ACORN, a pro-affordable housing organization, was only interested in the affordable housing issue and did not care all that much about protecting current businesses.
While [...]

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