#local-opposition

#local-opposition

The Department of Homeland Security is moving ahead with plans to open a new immigrant-detention facility in a small town upstate, and the warehouse where it's supposed to be located is owned by none other than former Trump adviser Carl Icahn. As the Monroe Gazette first reported after the DHS posted a January 8 advisory on the plan, the former Pep Boys warehouse at 29 Elizabeth Drive in Chester is owned by an IEP Chester LLC, a subsidiary of Carl Icahn's holding company, Icahn Enterprises.

Landowner, City of London Corporation (CLC) has chosen Daisy Green to run cafes at Queen's Park, Golders Hill Park, Parliament Hill Lido and Parliament Hill Fields from spring 2026, after putting these leases out to tender. Emma Fernandez, who co-runs three of the sites, said the CLC was "destroying this fabric which is holding together the community". The corporation said Daisy Green, would bring new investment to the sites, and said its remarketing exercise was carried out in an "open, inclusive, widely publicised" way.

The New York State Department of Transportation has quietly announced that it was pausing work on a controversial highway expansion in the Hudson Valley that locals opposed. Earlier this month, the agency posted, but did not distribute, a statement on its website announcing that the Route 17 widening project in the Catskills - long regarded as one of the biggest highway boondoggles in the state - had been put on ice.

The Home Office intends to proceed with housing single male asylum seekers in the Park Hotel in Diss, despite significant local opposition and protests.

Refurbishing the island and building a new prison would cost at least a quarter of a billion dollars, according to estimates.

Despite proposals for eight casinos promising new jobs and billions in revenue, skepticism remains about their feasibility amidst increasing competition from online gambling.

Bexley is surrounded by open spaces, including East Wickham and Danson Park, contributing to its unique character that balances proximity to London with a rich historical soul closely linked to Kent.

I love this tournament, I love what they've done with it, but I do not love what they're developing it into...standing in the morning sun, handing out flyers against the All England Lawn Tennis Club's expansion plans.

Caesars Palace Times Square announced a $5 million commitment to support the Callen-Lorde Community Health Center if their casino bid in Times Square is accepted.

We don't want battery storage facilities in Nassau. We don't want wind turbines off Nassau. We don't want power lines for these facilities running through Nassau.