You thought it was over. You thought you could stop paying attention. You thought that, finally, the unholy alliance of Sheldon Silver and Joe Bruno had forced the mayor and the Jets to recognize that nobody wants a football stadium plunked in the middle of Manhattan. But you were wrong. And you should have known better. Because horror-movie villains — and what is the West Side Stadium if not a freakish mutant, determined to slay us all? — never die on the first try.

Yesterday a state appeals court upheld the sweetheart deal selling the MTA's West Side railyards to the Jets for only $250 million. Now, "we are weighing our options with regard to the West Side, but we plan to move forward with the purchase," a Jets spokeswoman told the News.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Jets Get a Court Victory on Stadium

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