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May 3, 2006
Ratner’s big coup
Hires away opponent Tish James’s chief of staff
The Brooklyn Papers
By Ariella Cohen
The chief of staff to one of the highest-profile opponents to the Atlantic Yards project has quit her job to work for her former boss’s biggest foe — Bruce Ratner.
Sources say that James and Meeks —sister of pro-Atlantic Yards Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens) — disagreed on Ratner’s plan to build a basketball arena and 17 skyscrapers within James’s district. Before going to work for James, Meeks was an aide to arena cheerleader Assemblyman Roger Green (D-Prospect Heights).
More coverage:
The NY Post, B'KLYN ARENA FOE'S AIDE DEFECTS TO TEAM RATNER
The Politicker, Ratner Hires Meeks
NoLandGrab: Meeks's move makes great headlines, but if she has been a supporter of Atlantic Yards from the beginning, it's surprising that Ratner didn't hire her before.
Though the Post article quotes an arena supporter claiming that Meeks hiring was "'a blow' to [the arena opponents]," no arena opponents were asked if they were blown away by the move.
Posted by lumi at May 3, 2006 6:51 AM