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November 11, 2005
Critics of Ratner Plan Say Oversight of Project Too Lax
The NY Sun
by David Lombino
These days the city's biggest development projects are the ones that proceed through the most lax approval processes and receive the least amount of oversight, panelists involved in a discussion at the Municipal Art Society said yesterday.
The discussion focused on the Atlantic Yards project, developer Bruce Ratner's $3.5 billion plan to build a basketball arena, more than a dozen commercial and residential towers, and a hotel in and around downtown Brooklyn.
Though invited, Forest City Ratner did not send a representative to the Municipal Arts Society forum. TimesRatnerReport contrasts Forest City Ratner's persistent claims of openess and transparency with their record of meeting with critics of the project.
Posted by lumi at November 11, 2005 6:28 PM