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Equipment is already in place at Belmont Park, in preparation for construction, which is expected to begin next month.

Construction to start soon at Belmont Park

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 … more

By Melissa Koenig | 8/22/19

It’s time to embrace ‘micromobility’ on Long Island

For all the promise Long Island has, we’re still held back by decaying infrastructure and congested roadways. If we want to usher in a brighter future, we have to embrace new mobility options . . . more

By Laura Gillen | 8/16/19

The Belmont Park project is to include a 19,000-seat arena for the New York Islanders, a 250-room hotel, a community center, commercial office space and 350,000 square feet of retail space.

ESD approves Belmont arena

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 … more

By Melissa Koenig | 8/15/19

Jon Johnson told the ESD board that "Elmont wants this project."

ESD approves Belmont project

The Empire State Development board today approved the state’s Environmental Quality Review Act and Urban Development Corporation Act findings, bringing the Belmont arena project one step closer to … more

By Melissa Koenig | 8/8/19

The Belmont Park project will include a 19,000-seat arena, with more than 7,000 parking spaces, a 250-room hotel, a movie theater, a community center, commercial office space and 350,000 square feet of retail space.

Belmont plans inch forward

Empire State Development has begun to obtain the necessary approvals to build its planned arena on 43 acres of state-owned land at Belmont Park. On July 31, the state Public Authorities Control … more

By Melissa Koenig | 8/8/19

When it is completed, the proposed Belmont Park arena would require about 30 gigawatt-hours per year of electricity, or about 83 million cubic feet of natural gas.

Questions linger over how to heat Belmont

Since Empire State Development released the final environmental impact statement on the proposed Belmont arena project in July, many new details have come to light on New York Arena Partners’ plans for the site. But while much attention has been focused on the construction of a new Long Island Rail Road station at the border of Elmont and Bellerose Terrace, there is also new information about the plans to heat the arena. more

By Ronny Reyes | 8/1/19

The public comment period for the Belmont arena has been extended until Aug. 1.

Belmont public comment period extended

The public comment period for the Belmont arena project has been extended to Aug. 1, Empire State Development officials announced Tuesday, after they noticed “two minor clerical errors” in their … more

By Melissa Koenig | 7/24/19

How do we keep young people on Long Island?

We are at a turning point on Long Island. The lasting impacts of the Great Recession and the student debt crisis are exacerbating the trend of young people struggling here and ultimately fleeing the area. more

By Laura Curran | 7/19/19

Public-works projects must pay prevailing wages

Few public policies do more to build strong communities across our region than New York’s prevailing-wage law for public-works projects. It is a job-creating economic engine . . . more

By John R. Durso | 5/23/19

Will new developments bring more traffic?

Q. I keep reading about new apartment buildings and housing developments, converting golf courses into new, expensive neighborhoods my children can’t afford. Do you know anything about how the county plans to handle all the traffic? more

By Monte Leeper | 3/1/19

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