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July 27, 2005
Politicians who support Ratner's plan
A pile of letters of support for the Ratner bid, collected by Forest City Ratner and submitted to the MTA on July 6, turned up when the MTA released the competing bids last week.
The NY Observer is reporting that many of the public officials "even wrote identical letters."
Here's the A-List of Public Officials who sent letters to accompany the Ratner bid with links to contact their offices to express outrage or support:
• Mayor Micahel Bloomberg
• Governor George Pataki
• Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
• US Senator Chuck Schumer
• New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum
• Congressman Edolphus Towns, House of Rep., 10th District
• State Senator Carl Andrews, District 20
• State Senator Martin Golden, District 22
• State Senator Carl Kruger, District 27
• State Senator Kevin Parker, District 21
• Council Member Erik Martin Dilan, District 37
• Council Member Lew Fidler, District 46
• Council Member Mike Nelson, District 48
• Council Member James Sanders, District 31
• Council Member Bill de Blasio
• Assembly Member Roger Green, District 57
• Assembly Member Joseph R. Lentol
• Comptroller William Thompson
Posted by lumi at July 27, 2005 10:31 AM