Belmont Park Neighbors Blast State on Hotels Casino Plan (Floral Park: crime, neighborhoods)
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I grew up in Floral Park and with the exception of the Belmont Stakes, and the traffic and people that came through the town on that weekend, the impact of the racetrack was insignificant from what saw. However, knowing how this village works, they would fight this tooth and nail to protect their little mayberry territory from any negative impact anything affiliated with the track (And I would not blame them). The village is nice for many reasons (and also a PIA). Their track record is good at going after quality of life issues with a consistent pursuit of JFK airport for the flight patterns over the town, to the frequent summer helicopter travels out to the hamptons using the LIRR as their path out. THey also went after the MTA when they proposed having the Q43 bus come into Floral Park to make drops at the railroad station. While the neighboring areas surrounding the racetrack fall into the Elmont umbrella, and there are many nicer areas of Elmont, this area does not fall into that category. This area around the track was Skellmont. The few blocks falling under South Floral Park (not associated with the Village of FP) were no better. But I expect this to gain no traction. It will meet lots of multi-level government and civil opposition.
What reasons are there to believe that this would "decimate" the island?
By the way, "decimate" means to kill every tenth person.
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