There's anger over New York City Hall's support to build a temporary cricket stadium in Van Cortlandt Park for next year's Cricket World Cup.
There's a proposal to bring next year's Cricket World Cup to New York City.The opposition is clear, and according to Bronx elected officials, community groups, and residents, it's unanimous. There's anger over City Hall's support to build a temporary cricket stadium in Van Cortlandt Park.
"It cannot be the case that a local government can freely transfer massive amounts of public land to a private company for a prolonged period of time without a public process," said Rep. Ritchie Torres, Bronx. "For months and months people would be deprived of the use of this area of Van Cortlandt Park, and it's not just for six months like they were saying. If it takes five or six months to build it it's not going to take one day to unbuild it," said Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, Riverdale.
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