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New York City Declines to Fight in Court for Complex Near Citi Field
CHARLES V. BAGLI
AUG. 19, 2015
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Plans to transform Willets Point, a crumbling collection of auto repair shops on 62 acres next to Citi Field in Queens, into a bustling neighborhood with a hotel, office space, housing and a large mall, have followed a tortuous path over the past decade.
In early June, the development hit a roadblock when a state court ruled that New York City could not use a parking lot next to the stadium for the planned one-million-square-foot mall.
The project suffered another setback on Wednesday, as negotiations broke down between the city and the developers that had been selected by the Bloomberg administration to build the project.
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