Develop Willets Point

The Queens courier ran op-eds from both sides of the argument regarding Willets Point.  Claire Shulman writes in favor of the plan, while the Willets Point Industry and Realty Association provided the argument against the plan.
Some highlights from Claire Shulman’s piece:
For several generations Willets Point has been an eyesore in north central Queens. As Flushing [...]

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According to Crain’s New York, tensions between the businesses of Willets Point and the city have eased due to a meeting that was held on August 6 and set up by Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith.  Smith represents a significant portion of Queens, and although Willets Point doesn’t fall under his jurisdiction, business owners like [...]

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Hiram Monserrate, the Daily News’ least favorite Council Member this week, is holding a press event this evening before the Mets game.  From Queens Crap:
Tonight - Wednesday, August 20th at 5pm sharp - Councilman Hiram Monserrate will lead a press conference and protest against eminent domain at 36th Avenue and 126th Street. A pre-game truck [...]

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The WPIRA event scheduled for right now was “rained out.”
From Curbed:
“WILLETS POINT RALLY AND PRESS CONFERENCE CANCELLED DUE TO THE RAIN. WE WILL RESCHEDULE.” Unfortunately, there’s not another weekday day game on the Mets schedule in 2008. Eh, onward to CitiField!
Interesting, since the only rain delay at the game was the one that pushed [...]

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The WPIRA is organizing a protest of the city’s development plan to take place at 3:15 today.  There’s going to be a press conference with Councilman Monserrate followed by some trucks circling Shea Stadium “informing Mets fans of the city’s attempt to use eminent domain to take private property and turn it over to a [...]

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Eliot Brown over at the Observer has a pretty good, concise interview of one of the business owners of Willets Point.
Anthony Fodera runs a food ingredient distribution company in Willets Point and owns one of the largest single parcels of land in the area.  The interview covers all the reasons why he’s opposed to Mayor [...]

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