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August 25, 2006
Some don’t get a say
Brooklyn Papers
By Ariella Cohen
Scores of people hoping to testify about Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project never got their three-minutes of fame, despite signing up before Wednesday’s hearing even got under way at 4:30 pm.
The scheduled four-hour public hearing was expanded to seven, but about 300 people who signed up did not get a chance to speak.
“Only 100 people spoke, less than 20 percent! It’s not fair,” said Timothy Logan, chair of the New York City chapter of the Sierra Club.
Those who did not get time at the microphone were invited to submit their speeches in writing or attend a second hearing on Sept. 12.
Posted by lumi at August 25, 2006 9:01 AM