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March 31, 2006
Walk Softly But Carry a Big Batson
Brooklyn Downtown Star
By Rachel Monahan
An opponent of the Atlantic Yards project has announced his candidacy for public office. Bill Batson said Sunday at City Hall that he'd stepped down last week as director of community relations for state Senate minority leader David Paterson to run for the Assembly seat now occupied by Roger Green.
"I oppose the project," he said simply in his prepared remarks, saying it was but one example of the overdevelopment of the borough. That four-worder was the biggest applause line of the afternoon, causing an outpouring of cheers from the fifty or so supporters who braved the drizzly weather to flank his announcement.
Posted by lumi at March 31, 2006 8:15 AM