Willets Point residents filing an Article 78 against redevelopment project
Seventy-seven year old Joe Ardizzone has lived in Willets Point his entire life. He owns a house and rents out the downstairs as a deli and restaurant. The city is planning a $3 billion redevelopment project that includes housing, a school, offices and shops, a hotel, and a small convention center on the land now occupied by businesses and Ardizzone. Mr. Ardizzone does not want to leave the house he was born in on Willets Point Boulevard and is angry over the way the city has forced their project on the people working in Willets Point. He is also concerned about the lack of a sewage treatment plant that would be necessary to handle the expected influx of people with the new development. Supporting Ardizzone are members of Willets Point United which is composed of business owners who are fighting to keep their property. This group has commenced an Article 78 challenging the environmental review done by the city in Willets Point and is currently waiting a judge’s decision. An eminent domain hearing is expected to be held early next year.
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