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[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Willets Point Project Foes Reach Deal With the City


By FERNANDA SANTOS
New York Times
November 12, 2008

Two of the leading opponents of the Willets Point redevelopment project 
in Queens came out in favor of the plan on Wednesday, after they reached 
a critical deal with the city over the number of homes for low-income 
families that will be built at the site.

The agreement calls for more than 800 homes for families earning less 
than $38,400 a year and essentially paves the way for the project's 
approval by the City Council on Thursday. The agreement is a major 
political victory for one of the opponents, Councilman Hiram Monserrate, 
and for the Bloomberg administration, which spent considerable time and 
money in recent weeks to arrange support for the plan.

"This is a project for the people," said Councilman Monserrate, who 
represents a district that includes Willets Point, a 62-acre expanse of 
auto body shops, junkyards and manufacturers on unpaved roads near Shea 
Stadium. "Everybody wins," he said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/13/nyregion/13willets.html?_r=2

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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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