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Hundreds of Long Islanders formed a sea of blue on Monday, wearing Belmont baseball caps with the letter “o” replaced by the New York Islanders logo as they waited in the heat to witness history — the groundbreaking of the Belmont Park redevelopment project.
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By Melissa Koenig
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9/23/19
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Village of Floral Park officials filed a lawsuit on Sept. 9 in the state Supreme Court against various state agencies and New York Arena Partners in a bid to stop the Belmont Park Redevelopment Project.
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By Melissa Koenig
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9/19/19
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Construction on a new arena and retail center will begin soon, after the state Franchise Oversight Board granted the project its final approval on Aug. 13.
At its meeting, the board — which …
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By Melissa Koenig
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8/22/19
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The Belmont Park Community Coalition is preparing to sue Empire State Development after the state agency approved the Belmont Arena project on Aug. 8.
According to Tammie Williams, a civic group …
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By Melissa Koenig
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8/15/19
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The state Franchise Oversight Board today approved its lease agreement with Empire State Development for the construction of a hockey arena at Belmont Park.
The plans include a 19,000-seat arena for the New York …
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By Melissa Koenig
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8/13/19
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Schools and bridges are crumbling across New York state. Many Long Island hospitals are outdated, and local downtowns are in desperate need of revitalization. But New York’s “Scaffold Law” makes us among the most difficult places in the country to get projects like these off the ground.
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By Mitchell Pally
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11/1/18
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Belmont Park's fall season was off to a fast start last weekend, as horses and jockeys vied for millions in purse money. Miz Mayhem disappointed, but Tesora notched a win in the first stakes race of the season, with jockey Javier Castellano on board. All are looking forward to Sept. 29 — Super Saturday — when the winners of a trio of stakes races will automatically qualify for November's Breeder's Cup Classic at Churchill Downs.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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9/13/18
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The development at Belmont Park faced growing local opposition last week as a new group surfaced to stand against Empire State Development’s plan for an arena, hotel and large retail space in …
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By Ronny Reyes
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8/23/18
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Members of the Belmont Park Community Coalition invited representatives of the Empire State Development Corp. and New York Arena Partners to meet July 18 at Elmont Memorial Library amid ongoing …
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By Timothy Denton
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8/2/18
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Ten-term incumbent Rep. Gregory Meeks, a Democrat of St. Alban’s, Queens, decisively turned back two challengers in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for the right to represent the 5th Congressional …
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By Timothy Denton
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6/27/18
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