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June 4, 2005
COUNCIL WON’T LISTEN
From the Brooklyn Papers:
The only public hearing before a committee of the City Council on the Atlantic Yards project was held in a room so small that dozens of people — including, for a time, Borough President Marty Markowitz — were barred by police from entering.Even for those who did get into the May 26 hearing, there was little time for public input, although the committee allowed pro-development testimonials by elected officials and representatives of the developer, Forest City Ratner, to go on for more than two hours.
“The general public didn’t get to speak,” said Daniel Goldstein, a persistent critic of the plan to build high-rise housing and office buildings as well as an arena for the New Jersey Nets.
Posted by amy at June 4, 2005 10:49 AM