Agreement ends lobbying by EDC, subsidiaries
Coney Island Development Corp. affected
NYS Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Tuesday announced an agreement with the city’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to end lobbying on behalf of the development projects in Coney Island and in the Willets Point section of Queens.
The Attorney General’s investigation found that, although local development corporations (LDCs) are barred by statute from any lobbying, the EDC and its subsidiaries Flushing-Willets Point-Corona Local Development Corporation and Coney Island Development Corporation had lobbied the City Council to win approval of their favored projects.