Take Precautions

This week, as heavy construction equipment sat on Klein Farm in Fresh Meadows, the Tribune continued to unravel the mystery of the farm’s sale to a realty company seemingly connected to controversial developer Tommy Huang.

The community is nervous about the sale, and based on Huang’s past as a developer in Queens, is worried that in the end a piece of Queens history will be lost forever and replaced by irresponsible development not consistent with the character of the community.

That’s why we call on every city entity involved, from the Department of Buildings to City Planning to the City Councilman whose prior intervention yielded nothing for the community to Borough President Helen Marshall, to make sure that the system works for the people in this case.

We call on the agencies and elected officials to know the law, enforce the law and make sure that everything that happens at Klein Farm happens by the book. The community should at least be made aware of what’s going on, and have the confidence that every "i" is dotted and "t" is crossed and that someone is representing them.

Let’s make sure that the fertilizer that once enriched the farm’s earth doesn’t end being what the community gets.