State lawmakers held a town hall meeting on the issue in /*Flushing*/.
The city wants to build a waste transfer station near /*LaGuardia Airport*/.
It would handle 3,500 tons of garbage a day.
Opponents are concerned it would attract birds, creating a hazard for planes.
Concern over bird strikes was renewed last April when a /*Delta*/ flight had to make an emergency landing at JFK Airport, after birds were sucked into the plane's engine.
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