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Statement From State Senator Jose Peralta About Proposal to Build Casino At Willets Points
Jose Peralta
February 5, 2013
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- Economic Development
“You have questions being asked about affordable housing and when it will be built as part of the Willets Points development. Instead of an ironclad guarantee that would put those concerns to rest, we hear of a plan for a large, Las Vegas-style casino.
“If the goal is to further mire the Willets Point plan in controversy, confusion and uncertainty, floating the casino idea will certainly do the job.”
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