Coney official says Sitt wanted park to fail

September 19, 2008 10:25AM
Coney Island


The president of the Coney Island Development Corp., Lynn Kelly, accused developer Joe Sitt of buying up boardwalk land at Coney Island and clearing out rides to build luxury 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. [Post]


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