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In a move that’s angering local businesses and neighbors, a longtime business owner in Astoria Heights has put up a massive steel fence that cuts off a public sidewalk and roughly 10 parking spaces.
Anthony Della Vecchia, who runs Michael Della Vecchia & Son General Contractor on Hazen Street, paid about $25,000 to install the permanent fence in April along 19th Road. He says years of illegal dumping and a recent fall that landed him a lawsuit are justification enough, according to Fox 5…