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Port Plan Will Meet Council Resistance

By Special to the Sun | July 25, 2007

A City Council member is expected to introduce a resolution today calling on the city to drop plans to close the last container port in Brooklyn.

The resolution, sponsored by David Yassky, would send a strong message to the city, which requires approval from the council to shut down the port, located on Piers 7-10 at Red Hook.

The city once envisioned a thriving waterfront at the piers, complete with housing, two cruise ship terminals, and new maritime-related industry. In recent months, officials have said that vision is more of a long-term goal than an immediate one, though a spokeswoman for the Economic Development Corporation said the city remained committed to executing the vision and acquires the piers from the Port Authority.


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At least they are thinking across the river in the more economical sense.

Maybe Bayonne should sit in on this one... [MORE]

Angelo T. Mack 

Jul 27, 2007 07:28

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