We haven't heard much about the city's massive Willets Point redevelopment plan since the world's financing curled up and died, but an official at the Queens Chamber of Commerce has an idea: move the NHL's Islanders to the 'hood. Islanders owner Charles Wang has been trying to get a new arena built on Long Island for years (to no avail), and the team's lease expires in 2015. But don't prepare that welcome basket just yet, Mets fans: the Islanders haven't called the guy back. [Newsday]
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