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August 23, 2006
First Public Hearing Held On Atlantic Yards Development Project
NY1 is reporting, "Many Brooklyn residents, including Rosie Perez and Heath Ledger, are expected to testify against the project at the hearing."
NoLandGrab: This info is totally erroneous — our sources tell us that Rosie and Heath are not expected to speak this evening.
The purpose of this evening's hearing is to comment on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, not grandstanding, though someone forgot to tell Forest City Ratner that — we're hearing from press sources that Jason Kidd and Vincent Carter are expected to be at the Ratner press conference at 285 Jay St., 3:30PM.
The local news channel is also misreporting that, "Tonight's hearing is the first of two. The next one is scheduled to be held on Primary Day September 12th from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the New York City College of Technology."
NLG: September 12th's event is a "community forum," not "hearing." No one has a clue about the distinction. However, we are looking forward to the result of some Freedom of Information request to clear this one up.
Posted by lumi at August 23, 2006 10:53 AM