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August 4, 2006
A tale of three community boards
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The Brooklyn Papers
Moving faster than anyone but AtlanticYardsReport (and even Norman Oder couldn't be in three places at once), The Brooklyn Papers web site features reports from last night's Community Board 2, 6 and 8 hearings, in a handy tabular format.
Unlike Mr. Oder, however, Atlantic Yards Development Group President James P. Stuckey did manage to appear at all three meetings, and while the purpose of these gatherings was ostensibly to hear from the "community," Mr. Stuckey does at least earn his living in Brooklyn.
Even thrice counting Mr. Stuckey, though, The Brooklyn Papers tallied 31 speakers for and 83 against the project, and at two of the three CB meetings, employees, or paid consultants, of Forest City Ratner, accounted for the majority of Atlantic Yards' supporters.
[UPDATE: Apparently, Mr. Stuckey was not the only pro-Atlantic Yards speaker who should've been counted thrice. FCRC transportation consultant "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz and sustainability consultant Pam Lippe also made the rounds of the three Community Boards. If one subtracts the multiple appearances, that leaves 25 pro and 83 con. Hardly a ringing endorsement.]
Posted by lumi at August 4, 2006 2:28 PM