Reaffirming the public trust doctrine, the Appellate Division stated: “nder the public trust doctrine, dedicated park areas in New York are impressed with a public trust for the benefit of the people of the State, and their ‘use for other than park purposes, either for a period of years or permanently, requires the direct and specific approval of the State Legislature, plainly conferred,” and went on to hold: “There is simply no basis to interpret the statute as authorizing the construction of another structure that has no natural connection to a stadium.” The case is currently on appeal to the New York Court of Appeals.
#CORONA PARK TRIAL#
While the trial court agreed with respondents, the Appellate Division reversed in a unanimous decision. The respondents argued that the requisite consent could be found in a few words of the 1961 law that authorized the construction of Shea Stadium. On Saturday, September 22 at Flushing Meadows Corona Park site of the World’s Fair in 1939-65 Simon and his band will bring to the stage a career-spanning setlist of hits and. The City Club brought this case to vindicate the principle of the public trust doctrine, an ancient common law doctrine according to which parkland is held in trust for the people of the State, and cannot be alienated ( i.e., sold, leased, transferred or otherwise dedicated to a non-park use) without the consent of the State Legislature. This project, sponsored by the City’s Economic Development Corporation, and endorsed by the Bloomberg Administration and by the City Council, was to be built by The Related Companies and Sterling Equities, allegedly in conjunction with the redevelopment of a portion of Willets Point. The top-notch Astroturf soccer fields are popular for organized and pick-up soccer, and there’s a pitch-and-putt golf course that’s lit up for golfers at night.In February 2014, the City Club was instrumental in bringing a law suit, together with other civic groups, businesses, and individuals, as well as State Senator Tony Avella, challenging the proposed construction of a shopping mall in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, immediately to the east of CitiField, on what is now the Citifield parking lot.
The park has sports grounds, too, on its eastern and southern edges. Head west over the Grand Central Pkwy to find a few more attractions, including the New York Hall of Science. Also nearby is Citi Field, and the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. (You may recognize them as alien spaceships from the film Men in Black.) If entering the park from the north, via the 7 train, look for the 1964 World’s Fair mosaics by Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. Just south are three weather-worn, Cold War–era New York State Pavilion Towers, part of the New York State Pavilion for the 1964 World’s Fair.
Facing it is the former New York City Building, now home to the fantastic Queens Museum. Parking is available at the Randall Museum, limited parking is available at the 15th Street tennis courts and there is also street parking available around the park. Central Queens' biggest attraction is this 1225-acre park, built for the 1939 World’s Fair and dominated by Queens’ most famous landmark, the stainless-steel Unisphere – it's the world’s biggest globe: 120ft high and weighing 380 tons.
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