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May 18, 2006
FCRC Mute On Atlantic Yards Security In Event of Terror Attack
Courier-Life Publications
By Emily Keller
If terrorists decide to target the Nets basketball arena planned for Atlantic and Flatbush avenues, it is unclear how the arena’s developer would keep the team’s fans safe, or how the 19,000 people that the arena is planned to seat would be evacuated.
Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC), the developer of the Atlantic Yards project that includes the arena and 17 residential and office towers, says the company does not discuss security with the public.
When asked whether the company will purchase terrorism insurance, how the development is designed to deter terrorists, and how Nets fans would be evacuated in the case of a terrorist attack, FCRC spokesperson Joe DePlasco said:
“We do not discuss security issues. We do, however, as we have said, meet with security experts and the [New York Police Department] NYPD to ensure that security is a priority in all stages of development. As we have done for all of our projects, we have also hired security consultants who regularly interface with the NYPD on behalf of the company.”
What is clear is that the possibility of a terrorist attack in the area is real, and according to Alan Rosner, a retired strategic and business analyst, will become greater should the contentious Atlantic Yards project come to fruition.
Posted by lumi at May 18, 2006 10:02 PM