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April 23, 2006
Arena Spillover
The Daily Politics:
One of the interesting things about the fight over the Nets arena complex in Brooklyn is the extent to which it is spilling over to dominate the rest of the borough's politics, partly by adding a cadre of activists to the generally passive political environment around there.A meeting last night of one of the borough's political clubs, the Independent Neighborhood Democrats, got fairly heated along those lines last night, according to a couple of people who were there. The club's leadership, defending pro-arena incumbents, moved procedurally to keep new, anti-arena members out of its endorsement votes.
Daily Gotham has a long, distressed account of the situation.
Another attendee, however, notes that the new group did score a partial victory, however, moving a State Senate endorsement away from the regulars and over to Eric Adams of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement. Just a sign of which way the wind is blowing in local politics, and on a real estate development that looks, to close observers, increasingly imperiled.
Posted by amy at April 23, 2006 10:32 AM