Lawmakers lead effort to light Unisphere for cancer kids
The country’s tallest building, One World Trade Center, is going gold. Can the Unisphere be far behind?
Now that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has agreed to a request by Bay Ridge lawmakers to bathe One World Trade Center in golden light in a tribute to children with cancer, the elected officials are aiming to do the same to the Unisphere in Queens.
State Sen. Marty Golden, U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, Assemblymembers Alec Brook-Krasny and Nicole Malliotakis, and Councilmember Vincent Gentile, the group responsible for convincing Port Authority Chairman Patrick Foye to light One World Trade Center, have written to New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver with a request to have the lights on the Unisphere in Flushing Meadows Corona Park turn gold.
Councilman Eric Ulrich of Queens also signed the letter.