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June 5, 2005
Miller Backs $3.5 Billion Plan for Brooklyn Sports Complex
From the New York Times:
The announcement did, however, raise questions about Mr. Miller's opposition to the proposed West Side stadium supported by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and others. Like that project, the Atlantic Yards project would include a sports complex - an 800,000-square-foot home for Mr. Ratner's basketball team, the New Jersey Nets - benefit from millions of dollars in subsidies and be built in part on land owned by the authority."It is the height of hypocrisy and inconsistency that Mr. Miller, a staunch opponent of the West Side Stadium boondoggle and a rigged M.T.A. bidding process, is now supporting the same kind of sweetheart Olympics arena deal and rigged M.T.A. process in Brooklyn," said Daniel Goldstein, a spokesman for Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, in a statement released yesterday.
Posted by amy at June 5, 2005 10:05 AM