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June 22, 2006
BALANCE...
Community Average Folk 101 wonders why Ratner is getting all the heat for the possible environmental impacts of the Atlantic Yards proposal when there are other developers who are already building in the area and aren't building affordable housing.
NoLandGrab: Neighborhood activists wonder where the Ratner CBA signatories were at the hearings for the Downtown Brooklyn Plan and the 4th Avenue rezoning that opened the floodgates for rampant development throughout Central Brooklyn.
Groups on both sides of the Atlantic Yards debate decry the lack of affordable housing — where they disagree is whether or not Ratner's proposal is an effective way to use taxpayer money to get it done.
Here's an idea that we all can agree on:
If the community really wants the best for the COMMUNITY-at-LARGE, then it is clear that all sides should come together, maintain equilibrium and work their differences out so that the community gets the best all around!
NLG: Maybe "Average Folk" can get Forest City Ratner President of Atlantic Yards Jim Stuckey to agree to reopen the "Community Benefits Agreement" to include the "COMMUNITY-at-LARGE."
Posted by lumi at June 22, 2006 7:14 AM