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August 17, 2006
More groups want more time
The Brooklyn Papers
By Gersh Kuntzman
Dozens of elected officials, activists, Brooklyn residents, community board members and even some Atlantic Yards supporters called this week for an extension of the public comment period on Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project — but the state agency overseeing the project said the approval process is moving full steam ahead.
... “ESDC is committed to the public process and will be giving the public more opportunity to comment on this project than is usual,” said [ESDC] spokeswoman, Jessica Copen.“Besides scheduling a public hearing on Aug. 23, we have a community forum on Sept. 12. We believe that the addition of this venue gives the public ample time [for] review and comment.”
NoLandGrab: The big joke is that no one knows what the hell a "community forum" is.
A "hearing," by law, becomes part of the public record. The ESDC keeps making the distinction between next Wednesday's meeting, which is a "hearing," and the "community forum" on Sept 12.
You can almost hear the tittering in Albany and the offices of Forest City Ratner in Metrotech.
Posted by lumi at August 17, 2006 9:59 PM