Islanders drive $1B ‘economic engine’ to Belmont Park
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Islanders are coming home. With eighth-wonder-of-the-world fanfare, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the 10th proposal of his 2018 State of the State agenda Wednesday: bringing home Long Island’s once-and-future National Hockey League franchise. The Islanders – who played their last game in the old Nassau Coliseum on April 25, 2015, before relocating to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center – are returning to Nassau County, with Cuomo et al announcing that the team’s $1…
