A report by The City says….

The baseball titan spent nearly $100,000 on lobbyists in the first two months of the year — the most recent data available — aiming to get more than a dozen Council members on his team as he appeals to Albany lawmakers to permit development on what is officially parkland controlled by the state.

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State Assemblymember Jeffrion Aubry (D-Queens) introduced a park alienation bill in March, the first step to authorize any development on the 50 acres surrounding the city-owned ballpark.

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Hollis Public Affairs, Lemma Strategies, MirRam Group LLC and Moonshot Strategies were each paid $91,500 over the first two months of the year for their outreach, mostly to Council members, records show. (via The City)

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At the visioning sessions, most participants listed “gaming,” which includes a casino, near the bottom of both what they’d like to see year-round at the area, and what would improve a day at the stadium.

Most said they’d like to see more public green space, restaurants and bars, and a food hall with local vendors, as well as live entertainment.

The group also did canvassing in and around the neighborhoods surrounding the ballpark, speaking English, Spanish, Korean and Chinese, according to a report set to be released Tuesday. 

Of the 10,000 residents they say they spoke with, the most popular wish was “green space.” via The City

 

So there ya have it Steve.  I believe your general vibe was that asphalt wasn’t a great use of parkland, so why not be a Community Leader and donate some finds to get the local people the green space they want.

It’s a very good read in via The City I recommend you check out.  You can learn which politicians want to give parkland to billionaires, and which politicians want to protect the land for the people.

I fully encourage anyone wanting to build in the Citi Field area to check out the prospect of buying some land on the east side of 126th Street.  Maybe a casino would like nice over there since it’s not a park.

 

Nice enough colors on this one, but high crown sucks.

What is even going on here?

Jon Hamm could wear this and would still look like a nerd.

I was driving through my hometown
I was just kinda killin’ time
When I seen a face staring out of a black velvet painting
From the window of the five-and-dime
I couldn’t quite recall the name
But the pose looked familiar to me
So I asked the salesgirl, “Who was that man
Between the doberman and Bruce Lee?” (Bruce Springsteen)

She said “Just a local hero”
“Local hero” she said with a smile
“Yeah, a local hero
He used to live here for a while” (Bruce Springsteen)

 

I met a stranger dressed in black at the train station
He said, “Son, your soul can be saved”
There’s beautiful women, nights of low livin’
And some dangerous money to be made (Bruce Springsteen)

There’s a big town ‘cross the whiskey line
And if we turn the right cards up
They make us boss, the devil pays off
And them folks that are real hard up

They get their local hero
Somebody with the right style
They get their local hero
Somebody with just the right smile (Bruce Springsteen)

 

Well, I learned my job, I learned it well
Fit myself with religion and a story to tell (Bruce Springsteen)

First they made me the king, then they made me pope
Well, then they brought the rope (Bruce Springsteen)

 

I woke to a gypsy girl sayin’ “Drink this”
Well my hands had lost all sensation
These days I’m feeling all right
‘Cept I can’t tell my courage from my desperation

From the tainted chalice
Well, I drunk some heady wine
Tonight I’m layin’ here, but there’s something in my ear
Sayin’ there’s a little town just beneath the flood line

Needs a local hero
Somebody with the right style
Lookin’ for a local hero
Someone with the right smile (Bruce Springsteen)