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February 28, 2006
ESDC: terrorism not part of Environmental Impact Statement
TimesRatnerReport
The State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) was drafted long before the security concerns of the post-9-11 world became a fact of life in New York City and other highly populated urban areas.
That means the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) is not only not required to examine the security concerns and impacts of Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards proposal, it apparently won't.
NoLandGrab: The New York Police Department will issue its own security analysis, but there is no guarantee that the NYPD leadership will stick their necks out in order to influence the final design as they did in the case of the Freedom Tower.
Posted by lumi at February 28, 2006 7:56 AM