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Ben Royce's Blog – February 2013 Archive (2)

I'm pretty sure political maneuvering will keep the Correctional Facility open

But if Cuomo wants to close the Beacon Correctional Facility, then Cuomo has to pressure the MTA to let us use the defunct Beacon Line for tourism purposes.

If Albany is going to hurt Beacon's economic base, Albany has to do something to help build a new economic base.

NYC has the Highline, Poughkeepsie has the Walkway over the Hudson, give us our Beacon Line, Albany.

If and when things aren't going our way with Albany, demand this…

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Added by Ben Royce on February 20, 2013 at 12:11pm — 1 Comment

Oops

This is today, Long Dock Park. I don't remember this there last week, but with the ice... maybe I wasn't paying attention.

I approached... then I got the impression there is someone in there. I hope he's getting weather reports, the nor'easter coming tomorrow would be a nasty surprise. Then again, it also might refloat him.