Willets point

Around 15 Iron Triangle shop owners have begun a hunger strike today in protest of the Willets Point relocation and redevelopment. The auto body shop owners are lobbying the city to assist with relocation as a large group. They’re not happy with the recent buyout offered by the city. Organizer Marco Neira tells the Daily News, “We have to do something. We’re doing this in order to show to the city that they’re killing us and we have families.” The City Council will hold a public hearing on Tuesday concerning the mega-mall proposal for the site. The Council approved plans for 2,500 residential units as well as commercial and retail space back in 2008.

Willets Point Business Owners Plan Hunger Strike [NY Daily News]

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  1. This is such a shady area. I accidentally turned this way and could not get out fast enough, except the roads were not paved! “Saving” this area would only serve the seedy shop owners and perhaps their equally seedy customers.

  2. “We have to do something. We’re doing this in order to show to the city that they’re killing us and we have families.”

    They’re trying to kill themselves by performing a hunger strike, no?