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July 27, 2005
Brooklyn Residents Have Mixed Reactions To MTA's Decision To Negotiate With Ratner
NY1
report by Roger Clark
NY1 hits the streets of Prospect Heights to get local reaction to the MTA vote to exclusively negotiate with Ratner:
“We are actually moving out of the neighborhood, partially because of the arena project,” Don says.
“I think it's like overkill,” says Prospect Heights resident Jose Fonseca. “That stadium is just going to put so many people out of their homes.”
“We need this. We need this housing now, and we need the jobs now,” says Bertha Lewis of ACORN. “We need this project built.”
“[There will be] more job opportunities in the area, and no people would be outside as much because anymore because they would be working,” says another Brooklyn resident.
“The other plan sounds like it's just slightly smaller, but still very large buildings that don't belong in Brooklyn,” says Samantha Lindgren.
Posted by lumi at July 27, 2005 8:58 PM