Avella told WCBS 880′s Jim Smith that the proposed mall is illegal.
“They’re violating state law in the fact that the city has not asked the state for parking alienation legislation,” he said.
When the plan was approved, the Bloomberg administration said that the proposal was legal under the 1961 law that allowed the construction of Shea Stadium.
via State Sen. Avella, Activists Protest Plans For Willets Point Shopping Mall « CBS New York.