The president of the Coney Island Development Corp., Lynn
Kelly, accused developer Joe Sitt of buying up boardwalk land at
condos and retail. Kelly said Sitt’s attempts to replace the rides with
temporary amusements flopped, and accused the developer of wanting them to fail. Kelly’s
remarks came a day after she revealed that city officials tried to cut a last
minute deal to save Astroland before it was closed down last week by Sitt.
Coney official says Sitt wanted park to fail
September 19, 2008 10:27AM
