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The specter of Queens: Village residents say not in my backyard

By Michael Campbell
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Posted on August 21, 2026

Part eight in a series

Across Long Island, suburbanites echo the same refrain in every village hall where a housing development is on the agenda: “We don’t want our neighborhood to look like Queens.”

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The specter of Queens: Village residents say not in my backyard

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