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Via YourNabe.com
U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman (D−Bayside) has mounted a vocal effort to halt city plans for a waste transfer station in College Point during the last two years, but an even more aggressive, privately led campaign against the project has unfolded over the course of the last several [...]

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Friday, November 21, 2008 10:24 AM EST
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration spent hours in recent weeks convincing members of the City Council that the redevelopment of Willets Point would an essential part of the city’s economic future. With the Council approval now in the rearview mirror, the city now faces a far more daunting task: [...]

The City Council’s nearly unanimous vote last Thursday to approve the redevelopment of Willets Point has paved the way for a massive mixed−use neighborhood featuring more than 1,900 units of affordable housing.
The Council voted shortly before 4 p.m. 42−2 in favor of the project with the only dissenters being Councilmen Tony Avella (D−Bayside) and Charles [...]