Today’s discussion is about the mall to be built on what is currently the Citi Field parking lot. This is a separate discussion from the 126th street development project.
Mr. Geoffrey Croft of Parks Advocates stated, “Quite simply, this deal was an abuse of power. Mayor Bloomberg has so far been able to successfully seize the power from the old Board of Estimate which enabled the project to bypass ALL legal approval process. No official vote from anyone except the Mayor who gifted OUR public park away to one of the City’s most successful developers. No More! This is public parkland, this is not a dispute. It does not belong to Bloomberg or the developers – it belongs to the people of the City of new York and it must be protected. The parkland was never alienated. The City simply does not have the right to seize this parkland for these non-park purposes without the consent of the State Legislation. Parks belong to the People, NOT to private corporations.”
Is this why the mets cant have anything cool? I remember growing up there used to be fan fests in the parking lot. The most we have now is the french circus. My worst fear is that they do build a mall and because of all the red tape it never opens and we are stuck with no parking because willets point isnt going anywhere….trust me i do business there