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June 27, 2006
VOTE FOR ME because I am against the Bruce Ratner's Community ...
Community Average Folk 101 questions why Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards proposal has become a flashpoint for local politics.
VOTE FOR ME because I am against the Bruce Ratner's Community Benefits Agreement: Atlantic Yards Project. How contemptible is this?
The average community seems to be upset about any number of the following: * EMINENT DOMAIN for a private developer who already owns most of the recently developed commercial property adjacent to the site, * PUBLIC FUNDING of stadiums and arenas, * A questionable COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT signed with groups receiving money from the developer, * A project the size of THREE EMPIRE STATE BUILDINGS nested amidst four residential neighborhoods (including public housing), * The DENSEST PROJECT in NYC history (as far as anyone can tell), * MORE TRAFFIC for one of the busiest intersections in Brooklyn, adjacent to neighborhoods with some of the worst asthma rates in the nation, * Billions of dollars of SUBSIDIES with no financial transparency, * Heavy-handed developer and his PATRONIZING STARCHITECT, * Discredited SUPERBLOCKS planning, (Why are we letting Bruce Ratner own and close our streets?), * MTA land being awarded to the LOWEST BIDDER (again), * An AFFORDABLE HOUSING program being exploited by a developer who has a terrible track record for keeping promises (there are better ways to build affordable housing), * The proliferation of BOX and CHAIN stores in Ratner malls, * SECURITY NIGHTMARE (A glass and steel structure over a transit hub at a busy intersection -- where's the NYPD viability study?), * State takeover SUPERCEDES LOCAL ZONING, * NO LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT of a major urban development, * TAX BREAKS for luxury housing, * PORK BARREL spending for a FAVORED DEVELOPER where two-thirds of the profits will flow back to the publicly traded parent company in Cleveland...
What's not to love about the project? Email us if your serious concern about the Ratner scheme isn't on the list of why Atlantic Yards has become a dominant issue in the races for the 57th Assembly and 11th Congressional Districts.
...AND FURTHERMORE (add these to the list and keep 'em coming):
- Destruction of a thriving community,
- Blightification of buildings purchased and owned by Bruce Ratner,
- Criminal harassment tactics against remaining residential tenants,
- Unsafe demolitions,
- Failure to register its own residential building and tenants with city and state agencies...
Posted by lumi at June 27, 2006 6:55 AM