Around Brooklyn: South Brooklyn pols praise Cuomo on Coney Island reopening
South Brooklyn pols praise Cuomo on Coney Island reopening
Southern Brooklyn lawmakers representing Coney Island including City Councilmember Mark Treyger, U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and State Sen. Diane Savino, and Alexandra Silversmith, Executive Director of the Alliance for Coney Island recently praised Gov. Cuomo for setting the reopening date of April 9 for outdoor amusements statewide. “The outdoor amusement district in Coney Island has been closed for almost a full year, with an estimated $100 million dollars in lost revenue due to the cancellation of the 2020 summer season. This closure–the first time in over a century–has created a dire and unstable financial situation for many struggling, local businesses, and has led to thousands of lost jobs ,” they said.
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