Digging into land deals
Lay off the land grabs!
State Sen. Tony Avella (D-Queens) is drafting legislation that would require top-to-bottom reviews of state land sales in the wake of a no-bid deal that saw 4.5 acres in Queens sold to a politically connected nonprofit for a fraction of its value.
The 2009 sweetheart deal given to the Indian Cultural and Community Center for part of the old Creedmoor psychiatric-hospital campus sailed through without an attorney-general review.
“It’s a perfect example of why there needs to be more oversight,” Avella told The Post.
“There needs to be extra layers of review,” he added.
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