City Councilmen Tony Avella and Hiram Monserrate, along with members of the Willets Point Defense Committee, will hold a news conference today to show opposition to the city’s redevelopment plan.

Meanwhile, results of environmental tests at Willets Point could give more ammunition to those in favor of Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to redevelop the area.

According to the Daily News, soil tests reveal widespread contamination of the Queens industrial area.

The paper says tests of land at a scrap yard found cancer-causing toxins in soil and dangerous levels of lead and mercury in the ground water.

The poor environmental marks could help back claims the area is "blighted," a condition used to seize private land under the rules of eminent domain.

The city's plan to buy up all the land took another step forward yesterday. The city announced it has acquired another four acres of land from property owners.

The city now controls 45 percent of the land.