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January 14, 2006
Ratner’s plan kills 1,100 parking spaces
Brooklyn Papers:
In other Ratner-related news, Councilmember Letitia James (D-Prospect Heights) pledged this week to ask new City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) to fund an independent study the environmental impacts of Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project.“I’ll start by asking for a half a million and hope that I will be joined by other delegates,” said James, following Tueday’s meeting.
James said the cash is needed to hire professional environmental engineers to study traffic, air quality, affordability and other elements of life in Brooklyn that will be affected by the $3.5-billion development that Bruce Ratner wants to build on 24 acres primarily within James’s district.
Such a study would be an independent review of the Ratner-produced enviromental impact statement, which is required to show how problems created by the project would be mitigated.
Posted by amy at January 14, 2006 11:19 AM