From the Queens Chronicle:The board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority on Wednesday gave its Real Estate Department the go-ahead to acquire property that will be essential for the installation of elevators at the Long Island Rail Road’s Flushing-Main Street station.
LIRR spokesman Salvatore Arena said Tuesday that the board’s Finance Committee had voted to recommend the purchase.
The land in question sits at 40-36 Main St., just north of the Main Street trestle. It is occupied by the Ou Jiang City Supermarket.
A planned $8.5 million renovation of the station will include the installation of elevators on both sides of the tracks, which right now are not handicapped-accessible.
While the resolution does include the possibility of taking the land if necessary, a statement issued by the MTA said both its legal and real estate divisions have been in contact with the property owner and the store owner since before a public hearing held last Oct. 28, and that they will work to reach a negotiated price in an effort to avoid eminent domain proceedings.
In response to concerns raised at the hearing by Councilman Peter Koo (D-Flushing), the MTA said its staff will continue working with both owners in an effort “to address their concerns and mitigate impacts as much as is reasonably possible.”
19 comments:
Goddammit!!! Enough already. Speak English on those signs!!!
"One Nation...INDIVISIBLE..." - the Pledge of Allegiance
And to HELL with that idiotic Year of the Horse!!!
And no FOREIGN Chinese holiday in American schools!!! When in Rome DO what the Romans do!!!
Our electeds continue pandering for votes and selling our country down the river. All so that they can keep their jobs. Watch the Indian populous step up and demand that
their new year be made a holiday too. Enough of this 3rd World bullshit already!
I agree with George 100 percent. ...If you wanted a foreign holiday off, then you should have stayed in your own country! As for the signs, no signs are written in english anymore and it gets worst because if you go all the way down northern blvd (which there are alot of white people) quite a few signs are also not written in english. It's ridiculous how the government allows them to get away with this stuff! The government gives them no incentive to learn English! Remember george, we now live in "vibrant and diverse" queens....home of the foreigners and illegals!
Blame lies solely on the shoulders of our local politicians.
They will stop at nothing in order to get that vote.
They are hypocrites. Like wolves, they will devour their own in order to have a meal...or job!
Take your diversity and SHOVE IT!
georgetheatheist said..When in Rome DO what the Romans do!!!
Hannibal ad portas !
(Hannibal is at the gates)
But what do you guys think about the elevators?
And that depicted sign is not even real. It's concocted in the artist's imagination. Subliminal surrender?
Suggestion. How about an extremely visible American flag or other kind of USA patriotic graphic motif on every lampost in the Downtown Flushing area? Perhaps an immense Old Glory hanging down from the intersection of Roosevelt and Main? Have the schoolkids get involved in the design process. Peter Koo, Melinda Katz, community newspaper publishers and editors are you reading this? Forget this "diversity" business. Promote "unity".
The elevators would be welcome provided the "Up and Down" buttons are in English only.
These days the buttons just have arrows.
Talk about putting lipstick on a pig.
And I would love to know what "concerns" the very useless Peter Koo has.
Downtown Flushing is officially a dirty, smelly third world country unrecognizable.
Good? There are a lot of handicapped and elderly people who live in Flushing and could probably use ADA accessible transit.
Anon No. 12-
That's why I asked my question.
What's with all those balconies? Where's the view? They all look like rusted garbage holders.
In other words, a public bathroom will be made.
But George, we have so many Jewish holidays in schools. I wish we just had a secular calendar. If I ran a business, I would give out paychecks Saturdays or Sundays and make people come to work.
Anons. 14 and 15:What terraces are you talking about? In this picture, what you're seeing are the platform and elevators.
What I'm seeing are the cuties.
Anon No. 18: Of course you are.
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