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editorial
Title: Owners of Mister Seoul bring Korean barbecue to
Bayside’s Bell Boulevard
Summary: A new Korean barbecue restaurant just
opened on Bell Boulevard, becoming the newest eatery
to take residency on the food lovers’ thoroughfare.
Reach: 18,011 (as of 12/13/2021)
Trains to the planes
Kathy Hochul wants to remodel
John F. Kennedy International
Airport in much the same way as
Andrew Cuomo wanted to do with
LaGuardia Airport when he was governor:
Bring it into the 21st century.
Much like the reconstruction of
LaGuardia, it’s not mere legacy-building.
It’s about creating viable, modern
gateways for travelers heading to
New York — something the city desperately
needs to remain competitive
in the global marketplace.
On Monday, Hochul and the Port
Authority unveiled the massive
$9.6 billion plan to reconstruct JFK
Terminal One, which will actually
take up the space of three current
terminals at the airport. Th e goal is
to create a 21st-century airport terminal
that will make arriving at and
departing from JFK far less of the
hassle it can oft en be.
Th e best part of the project, thus
far, is that most of it is being privately
fi nanced, taking some of the economic
pressure off New York taxpayers
and the Port Authority. It also
aims to create more than 16,000 temporary
and permanent jobs, delivering
the local economy a good shot in
the arm.
But when one builds a better, larger
facility of any kind, it eventually generates
more business. For JFK, that
means more travelers. More travelers
means more traffi c — and if you’ve
ever traveled into or out of JFK via
the Van Wyck Expressway, you know
how agonizing that can be.
JFK Terminal One’s construction
will need to beget some kind of transportation
improvements. Expanding
the Van Wyck Expressway just isn’t
an option in a society moving away
from the automobile.
Like LaGuardia, JFK lacks a direct,
one-seat ride via the subway system.
Yes, you can pick up the AirTrain
from subway connections in Howard
Beach and Jamaica, Queens, but it
still involves a costly transfer — the
AirTrain fare is going up to $8 in
2022, nearly three times more than
the $2.75 subway fare.
Hochul and the Port Authority
are fi nally thinking big in their JFK
transformation plan. Now it’s time to
think even bigger by envisioning and
planning a subway connection right
to the airport.
Let’s give New Yorkers two “trains
to the planes”: one for LaGuardia,
and the other for JFK, the Big Apple’s
gateway to the world.
Much like 21st-century airports,
we also deserve a 21st-century way
of getting there.
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Governor Kathy Hochul unveils the massive $9.6 billion plan to reconstruct JFK Terminal One.
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