Industry crosses fingers Jets will build in Queens.The city's construction industry has turned its attention to a new plan by the Jets that could see a super stadium built in Queens. "Hope springs eternal that the Jets will build in Queens and utilize every facet of our construction community," said Lenore Janis, president of Professional Women in Construction, following news that the football team had officially withdrawn its plan to build a new $1.6 billion West Side stadium. "Early in the game, the Jets conducted a superb outreach program to woman and minority-owned construction firms. This huge project would have been a great boon to the W/MBE's and we are all sorely sore·ly adv. 1. Painfully; grievously. 2. Extremely; greatly: Their skills were sorely needed. disappointed," added Janis. In a formal letter delivered to MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. chairman Peter Kalikow on the August 31 deadline for final bids, Jets president Jay Cross said the decision to end a 10-year battle to build the $1.6 billion stadium would cost the construction industry 18,000 jobs. He said it would also deny the city $1 billion in new tax revenue and the MTA $250 million that the Jets would have paid to build over the rail yards. Cross praised the MTA--which earlier this summer rejected a $400 million counter offer for the site from Madison Square Garden Current arenas in the National Hockey League Western Conference Eastern Conference owner, Cablevision--for its encouragement over the years as the team faced numerous lawsuits, community opposition and, ultimately, state denial of a $300 million funding package to build the dream New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Sports and Convention Center. "As you chart the future of the western railyards, we hope you continue to work with our convention industry leaders and the Javits Center to bring [major convention] facilities to new York," added Cross in the letter. While there have been rumblings that the MTA may now use some of a $493 million surplus to build its own platform over the blighted blight n. 1. a. Any of numerous plant diseases resulting in sudden conspicuous wilting and dying of affected parts, especially young, growing tissues. b. yards and request new bids from developers, a spokeswoman said this week, "We are now evaluating all options." While the Jets had no further comment on the matter, they team has confirmed it is in talks with both the New Jersey based Giants, with whom they currently share a stadium in the Meadowlands, and Queens Borough President Borough President (informally BP, or Beep in slang) is an elective office in each of the five boroughs of New York City. The offices of borough president were created in 1898 with the formation of the City of Greater New York. Helen Marshall Helen Marshall was elected Queens Borough President in 2001 succeeding the term-limited Claire Shulman. Prior to being elected Borough President, Marshall served on the New York City Council from 1992 to 2002, an office she vacated due to term limits. , who has invited the team to consider developing a new stadium there. |
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