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August 31, 2005
Downtown Clergy-Led Group Keeps the Pressure on Ratner
The Brooklyn Eagle
by Raanan Geberer
The Downtown Brooklyn Leadership Coalition held a press conference to counter the "spin" from the Ratner alliance that the entire African American community supports the Community Benefits Agreement and Ratner's Atlantic Yards proposal.
During the press conference the group, led by local African American clergy and politicians, passed out a list of the “Ten Commandments of a Community Benefits Agreement.”
Among them are, “Thou shall not hand-pick a few supporters and sympathizers of the project and pass them off as the representatives of a broad, diverse community,” “Thou shall not steal or evict people from their homes” and “Thou shall not displace local and small businesses.”
Posted by lumi at August 31, 2005 7:31 AM