"Big Boxed Out" in Queens New York

This links to an interview with Richard Lipsky, director of New York's Neighborhood Retail Alliance, which has (for the time being at least) successfully kept Walmart from locating their first NYC store in Queens.

"Keep Walmart out of the neighborhood" is by Sheryl McCarthy, a columnist for Newsday, and "Developer drops Walmart, not worth the trouble" is from www.retailwire.com.

This Gotham Gazette piece, "Lobbyists and their Clients" discloses $167,500 was spent by the Neighborhood Retail Alliance, which might have included help in developing this report for the New York City Council, "The Potential Impact of Big Box Stores In New York City."