The proposed $1 billion revamp of Industry City would undoubtedly bring big changes to Sunset Park, and the community is rightly skeptical about the whole thing. The worry that it will make rents in the area go up, and that the thousands of jobs being touted will be low-paying retail and hotel jobs, not manufacturing jobs. "If you look at their renderings, they are looking to do the community-based planning for us," said one resident. "It's sort of our way or the highway." [WSJ; previously]
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