The City Planning Commission approved Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s plan to redevelop Willets Point today which will create a convention center, 5,500 units of housing, and office and retail space. The plan will now go before the City Council for formal approval, but many council members have pledged to vote against it if it doesn’t include a higher percentage of affordable housing. They also object to the use of eminent domain. Other critics of the plan want to know who the developer will be, what kind of public subsidies will be provided and where the money to develop the site will come from, according to Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum’s blog. Lastly, reporter Stephen Stirling from the TimesLedger Newspaper just started IronTriangleTracker.com, a news blog for Willets Point, to cover the controversial development. TRD