No Con Ed Land Sale
A copy of the following letter was received by the Gazette.
Hon. Patricia Acampora, Chair
New York State Public Service
Commission
3 Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12223
Dear Ms. Acampora:

I write to express my strong opposition to Con Edison's planned sale of adjacent property to Federal Express to build a new facility. I hereby request that the Public Service Commission disapprove this sale.

This facility would have a detrimental effect on our quality of life. We already shoulder our fair share of burdens, including pollution from local power plants, airplane noise from La Guardia Airport, traffic from Rikers Island and the Steinway Industrial Business Zone. A new Federal Express facility would contribute additional traffic, pollution and noise to our already over burdened community.

Eighteen months ago, Western Queens suffered the longest power outage in New York City history. More than 170,000 hardworking residents suffered great losses as a result. Since then, Con Edison demanded higher rates from their victims while still denying responsibility for blackouts, electrocutions and explosions. Now they want to sell property to Federal Express, which will result in additional suffering to these same residents. When will this end?

For these reasons, I strongly urge you to disapprove Con Edison's property sale.
Sincerely,
George Onorato
State Senator - 12th Senate District
Astoria- Long Island City