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August 10, 2006
A Night Out With Jim Stuckey and His Entourage
Brooklyn Downtown Star
By Norman Oder, Phil Guie, and Medi Blum
It's hard to be in three places during two hours, so most of those concerned about the Atlantic Yards project had to pick which Community Board - 2, 6, or 8 - to go to last Thursday. The three CBs with jurisdiction inside the proposed Prospect Heights footprint had scheduled hearings on the project hastily, given the need to prepare for the August 23rd hearing on the Empire State Development Corporation's (ESDC) Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).
But three VIPs on developer Forest City Ratner's payroll - with help from an army of aides, some stationed at each meeting and some escorting the precious trio - pulled off the trifecta. Jim Stuckey, president of the Atlantic Yards Development Group, transportation consultant "Gridlock Sam" Schwartz, and sustainability consultant Pamela Lippe were whisked among the three meetings, in Cobble Hill, DoBro, and Crown Heights, so they could get face time with each community board.
The Brooklyn Papers also sent out three reporters that night, who filed a story about everything but the "general complaints."
Posted by lumi at August 10, 2006 11:21 PM