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August 31, 2006
Ratner-backer runs for office
Brooklyn Papers
By Ariella Cohen
A "Ratner-backer" backed by Ratner is running to unseat controversial project foe:
So why does former City Councilwoman Tracy Boyland think she has a chance in the September 12 primary against 22-year state Sen. Velmanette Montgomery (D-Park Slope)?
The answer is Atlantic Yards.
According to Boyland, Sen. Montgomery's opposition to the Atlantic Yards project has hurt her in many parts of her district.
And this week, the candidate — the daughter of a prominent [former] state Assemblyman, William Boyland Sr., — admitted that the Atlantic Yards developer was "helping" her campaign.
"I love [Forest City Ratner executive vice president] Bruce Bender," the Yards supporter said. "We have a friendship. We worked together on the Council."
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Posted by lumi at August 31, 2006 11:09 PM