New York City Prepares to Seize Willets Point Properties

Small business owners and workers gathered in front of a gas station in Willets Point, Queens, scared to lose their property and feeling pushed to the periphery.
New York City Prepares to Seize Willets Point Properties
Auto recycling and repair shops literally lie in the shadow of Citi Field, the home of the Mets. The New York City administration wants to raze the shops and build housing and shopping malls in their place. Tara MacIsaac/The Epoch Times
Tara MacIsaac
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Auto recycling and repair shops literally lie in the shadow of Citi Field, the home of the Mets. The New York City administration wants to raze the shops and build housing and shopping malls in their place. (Tara MacIsaac/The Epoch Times)
Tara MacIsaac
Tara MacIsaac
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Tara MacIsaac is a writer based in Canada.
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