Bob Wyman for Congress (NY CD-10)

Good morning! A few takeaways from last night’s Belmont heading follow... 1) The crowd was substantial, and overwhelmingly from Floral Park. 2) Don’t forget that the village has galvanized its residents, holding town halls and meetings to prepare for these hearings...

3) The crowd was overwhelmingly against the project, with concerns about security and traffic heading the list. 4) There were several representatives from Elmont Against the Megamall - a group that appears to be anything but grassroots, despite commentary to the contrary...

5) There were about a dozen representatives from ESD and significant representation from the development group in the room. 6) A walkable retail village is not a “megamall.” And 400k sq ft is not a “megamall.” For comparison: Roosevelt Field is 2 mil sq ft plus.

7) Reasonable commentary about important issues like traffic and transit was a bit overshadowed by other comments that were factually incorrect, politically tinged or a bit side-show in nature (ie the honking commentary)...

8) It will be important to take a careful look at what ESD gets by email - as it’ll likely be substantive. 9) I wasn’t surprised by the tone, tenor or content of the comments - and I don’t think state officials or the developers were either....

"The controversial Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement Project is expected to provide a guaranteed natural gas supply for the the Belmont Park project, a signature piece of Cuomo's economic development efforts on Long Island." https://subscriber.politicopro.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2018/04/23/rally-targets-cuomo-over-natural-gas-infrastructure-renewables-progress-379364 …