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May 13, 2005
Weiner Blasts Freedom Tower Fiasco
Gay City News
by Duncan Osborn
Park Slope native and mayoral hopeful US Assemblyman Anthony Weiner attended a LAMBDA Independent Democrats meeting where he was asked about his position the Ratner's mega-development proposed for a site just across the street of his old neighborhood:
Taking questions from the audience, Weiner said he supported the Atlantic Yards project in downtown Brooklyn near the Brooklyn Academy of Music where developer Bruce Ratner wants to build an arena for the Nets basketball team surrounded by a complex of 17 high-rise buildings.
“It’s fundamentally a housing deal,” Weiner said. “The amount of housing that is going to be below market rate is substantial... Overall it’s the kind of economic activity that I would like to see.”
Weiner opposes building a football stadium on Manhattan’s West Side and has said it should be built in Willet’s Point in Queens.
NoLandGrab: The joke of the week goes to DDDb's Lucy Koteen who commented, "Weiner has a good sense of Schumer." Check out the positions of other pols on Ratner's superdevelopment.
Posted by lumi at May 13, 2005 7:15 AM