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Let’s see what’s new on Seaver Way….

The fine folks over at The Forum News Group covered the below.

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. on Wednesday held a hybrid Public Hearing on Land Use on the Willets Point redevelopment. The hearing will be held in person at Queens Borough Hall (120-55 Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens), with members of the public also able to testify virtually.

The agenda includes four items related to Phase II of the redevelopment of Willets Point:

  1. An application submitted by the New York City Economic Development Corporation, Queens Development Group, LLC, and CFG Stadium Group, LLC, for an amendment to the City Map involving a.) the establishment of 38th Avenue, 39th Avenue, 126th Lane, and a portion of Willets Point Boulevard within an area generally bounded by Van Wyck Expressway Extension, Roosevelt Avenue, Seaver Way, and Northern Boulevard; b.) the elimination, discontinuance and closing of 36th Avenue between Seaver Way and 127th Street; c.) the elimination, discontinuance, and closing of streets within an area generally bounded by 127th Street, Northern Boulevard, Van Wyck Expressway Extension, and Roosevelt Avenue; d.) the raising of grades within streets generally bounded by Northern Boulevard, 127th Street, Willets Point Boulevard, 38th Avenue, and Seaver Way; e.) the adjustment of grades and block dimensions necessitated thereby; and f.) any acquisition or disposition of real properties related thereto. (ULURP #240058 MMQ)
  2. An application submitted by Queens Development Group, LLC, City Football Stadium Group, LLC, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation for the grant of a special permit pursuant to Section 124-60 of the Zoning Resolution to allow the distribution of total allowable floor area without regard for zoning lot lines or district boundaries and to modify: a.) the required parking regulations of Sections 25-23, 25-251, 36-21 and 124-50; b.) the sign regulations of Sections 32-60 and 124-15; c.) the loading requirements of Section 36-62; d.) the retail continuity regulations of Section 124-14; e.) the height and setback regulations of Section 124-22; f.) the street network requirements of Section 124-30; g.) the public open space requirements of Section 124-42; h.) the curb cut requirements of Section 124-53, in connection with a proposed mixed-use development on property generally bounded by Northern Boulevard, 27th Street, Willets Point Boulevard, 126th Lane, 39th Avenue, Roosevelt Avenue, and Seaver Way, within a C4-4 District in the Special Willets Point District. (ULURP #240092 ZSQ)
  3. Application submitted by Queens Development Group, LLC, City Football Stadium Group, LLC, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation for the grant of a special permit pursuant to allow an arena with a maximum capacity of 25,000 seats on property generally bounded by Seaver Way, 35th Avenue, 127th Street, Willet Point Boulevard, and 38th Avenue. (ULURP #240094 ZSQ)
  4. Application submitted by Queens Development Group, LLC, City Football Stadium Group, LLC, and the New York City Economic Development Corporation for the grant of a special permit to allow a transient hotel in connection with a proposed mixed-use development, on property generally bounded by Seaver Way, 38th Avenue, and the southeasterly centerline prolongation of Willets Point Boulevard. (ULURP #240095 ZSQ).

Here at Mets Police, we are not anti-development.  We ARE against giving parkland to billionaires to build casinos.  But THESE folks are looking to build on the east side of Seaver Way, which is not parkland….so I say go for it.  A hotel? A soccer stadium?  Cool!

I encourage other rich guys to BUY SOME LAND if they want to develop it.  Nobody deserves to have the city hand over a park.

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How a Mets charity donation of $232,000 might be kinda cheap if you think about it

Sure, to you and I,  $232,000 is a lot of money.  But is it REALLY  lot of money to a baseball team?

So yeah $232,000.  With a sponsor involved in some capacity.

Now let’s look at how much other things cost.  For example, it is said that Steve flew to Japan to meet with Yamamoto’s and his family.

I am going to guess – I don’t actually know – but I will guess that Steve didn’t fly commercial out of JFK and maybe even switch planes in Anchorage or however flying to Japan works.

A private Jet to Japan could cost a person $10000 an hour according to Air Charter Advisors.

I’m gonna guess that Steve wants the VIP plane.  Lets use the $15,000 long range jet number.

Let’s guess he flew from Connecticut to Tokyo.

Steve probably doesn’t fly out of Hartford.  He probably flies somewhere closer to home.  Let’s just call the flight “18” hours.    So that’s 18 hours times 15 grand which is $270,000.  Chump change for someone looking to make casino money off chumps who lose money at casinos (which used to be parkland,)

$270,000.   For something that COULD have been a zoom call.

My math may be off.  My logic may be fuzzy.   The point here is $232,000 might not be a lot for a baseball team donation, somehow associated with a sponsor..

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FWIW, the contingent of Hal Steinbrenner, Randy Levine, Brian Cashman, Aaron Boone and Matt Blake flew to Los Angeles for their meeting with Yamamoto per the New York Post.

An average commercial flight from NYC to LAX is around $1124…obviously things will change depending on your details.  So $2500 round trip (lazy math) for 5 executives… $12,500.   Unless they took the corporate jet.  Who knows?