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January 5, 2006
A NEW YEAR IN NEW YORK: BOROUGH PRESIDENTS HAVE BIG PLANS FOR 2006
CityLimits.org asked NYC's Borough Presidents about their "top priorities" for 2006.
At the forefront of Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz's "top priorities" is... you guessed it:
"My first order of business will be Atlantic Yards and making sure it will be the model of how urban development can benefit diverse neighborhoods."
NoLandGrab: Hey, what gives? Didn't Marty just rip that line from Develop Don't Destroy's platform?
A quick check of Marty's BIG PLANS (Atlantic Yards, attracting jobs, Newtown Creek, and Coney Island) indicates that Marty has been boning up on his Brooklyn since this NY Daily Sun profile from August, 2004.
Marty on the record:
"Brooklyn’s gravest problem now? “I don’t know, I really don’t know.” Looooong pause. “I think Sheepshead Bay could be and should be a great place for tourists to go to, and I think we have to do something to increase the fishing village atmosphere. So that’s a challenge.”
He fishes around for a more thoughtful answer, and then — eureka! — he remembers, “I think the biggest problem in Brooklyn is the lack of affordable housing.”
(sigh)
Posted by lumi at January 5, 2006 7:23 AM