[CPEO-BIF] Willets Point, Queens, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Final gasp for foes at Willets Pt.

by Liz Rhoades
Queens Chronicle (NY)
November 13, 2008

	  	
With only a few days remaining before the City Council vote, both sides 
of the Willets Point development plan made a last attempt this week to 
convince council members to vote their way.

In the case of the city - which is promoting the $3 billion mixed-use 
project - a "new" study reveals "widespread contamination" in Willets 
Point. In addition, the city's Economic Development Corp. announced 
agreements with three landowners to purchase their land there. So far, 
the city has only amassed 15 acres of privately held land in the 62-acre 
site.

In the case of the workers and business owners there, a rally on Monday 
asked the mayor to rethink the project and put it on hold.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20197203&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=574902&rfi=6

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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