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August 16, 2006
Owens needles Yassky as 11th CD candidates take on AY
Atlantic Yards Report transcribed the sections of last week's 11th District candidates debate that addressed Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards proposal.
Here are some clips:
| Carl Andrews: | |
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I support Forest City Ratner’s project. I believe that there are some very good things in the project. |
| Yvette Clarke: | |
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I believe we have an opportunity to help shape it in a way in which the benefits will outweigh the burdens. |
| Chris Owens: | |
| I’m opposed to the project. I’ve been opposed to the project. I don’t believe you jump on board a development that drops 18,000 people in an area—you jump on board and say, ‘Yes, it’s wonderful’--without asking the tough questions. |
| David Yassky: | |
| I want to see a way to make this project go forward so we can realize the benefits that it does promise--good jobs, affordable housing—but without destroying the neighborhoods around Atlantic Yards. I’m the only candidate here who’s put out a specific traffic plan for how to deal with the traffic that will be created by that project.* |
* Note: Yassky's office has not made the "specific traffic plan" available to the public, despite a request from Norman Oder.
UPDATE: One item in Yassky's "traffic plan" that no one can seem to find, is the billion-dollar brainstrorm he shared with community groups to move Atlantic and Flatbush underground, only possible if some subway lines are moved. Let's call it "Brooklyn's BIG DIG."
Read the rest at http://www.atlanticyardsreport.com.
Posted by lumi at August 16, 2006 9:37 AM