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December 7, 2005
CBN ISSUES REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR STUDY OF ATLANTIC YARDS
Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods, Press Release
Today the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods (CBN) issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) to organizations capable of environmental review of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for Forest City Ratner Company’s proposed development of the Atlantic Yards. The 25 acre Frank Gehry designed complex will be the largest development in Brooklyn’s history and the CBN has begun the process to hire experts to review the DEIS on behalf of its Brooklyn constituency.
When asked what are the goals of CBN Paul Palazzo co-chair of the organization states “CBN is here to insure that the concerns of the residents of Brooklyn about this development are effectively addressed. CBN is not against this development but concerned exclusively with its environmental impacts. I’m talking about air, water, traffic, and unfortunately in today’s world terrorism. These are the concerns of every Brooklynite, every New Yorker regardless of your stance on the development.” In late September CBN surveyed Brooklyn residents and received over 600 replies in which residents voiced their questions and concerns about the proposed development and which CBN incorporated into its response to the ESDC on October 28th, 2005.
To fund this review Paul Palazzo says that CBN is soliciting monies from various agencies. “In order to effectively review the DEIS it is going to cost nearly $350,000. We are leaving no stone unturned. We are asking State and City officials to fund this review for the benefit of all New Yorkers. If the City can award a $100 million dollar incentive to the developer then it at least owes its taxpayers this review to insure their health.”
The complete RFP as well as the CBN survey and the Response to the ESDC documents are available online at CBN’s website, www.cbrooklynneighborhoods.homestead.com.
Posted by lumi at December 7, 2005 4:05 PM