City overlooks law in Willets Point project – NY Daily News

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An interesting editorial in the Daily News.

Again a reminder that “the mall” generally refers to building on the site of the current parking lot, not over where the chop shops are.  It is two different construction projects that I believe get muddled in the minds of many fans.  From the editorial:

The developers and the city painted a beautiful picture of a new community in Willets Point; however, their focus is on the megamall to be built on parkland, not on the housing which must wait, they say, until 2026. Even then, they are under no enforceable obligation to build it, and if, as seems to be the case, it is not sufficiently profitable, they will not do so.

via City overlooks law in Willets Point project – NY Daily News.