If you’d like to participate in the Willets Point hearing, here are the details:

City Planning Commission
Wednesday August 13th
*NYU *Tishman Auditorium in Vanderbilt Hall
(south side of Washington Square South (West 4th Street), just east of
MacDougal Street).

The hearing should begin about 12 noon and each speaker will have 3 minutes

More information here:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/subcats/cpc_notice.shtml

Flushing does not fall under the arbitrary definition of “Central Queens” employed by this site, but the plans Michael “Mike” Bloomberg announced today to completely transform Willets Point are so earth-shattering that they should be of interest to everyone around here. Huge things are going on right next door, and all of Queens will probably be affected in one way or another.

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