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August 18, 2006
State’s only Atlantic Yards public hearing set for Wednesday
The Brooklyn Papers
By Ariella Cohen
The state’s only public hearing on the Atlantic Yards arena, office and housing mega-development will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 23.
Expect a standing room only crowd — including Atlantic Yards celebrities such as Forest City Ratner [Atlantic Yards Group President] James Stuckey, Develop Don’t Destroy spokesman Daniel Goldstein, Atlantic Yards-supporting Assemblyman Roger Green (D–Prospect Heights) and fiery Ratner foe City Councilman (sic) Letitia James (D–Prospect Heights).
The event is the only scheduled public opportunity to comment on the largest single-developer project in Brooklyn’s storied history. A “community forum” will be held on primary election day, Sept. 12.
NoLandGrab: Still no word on what the heck a "community forum" is.
It could be bureaucratic nonsense for "you can yell and scream all you want, but no one from the ESDC will be there to listen," or "ESDC presents the scaled-down version of the project we've been palming all along."
Wednesday’s four-hour hearing will begin at 4:30 pm in New York City College of Technology’s Klitgord Auditorium, 285 Jay St., Downtown.
Here's some new info (emphasis added):
People who want to testify will be asked to sign in, said Jessica Copen, a spokeswoman for the Empire State Development Corporation. Copen also suggested that the hearing could go beyond 8:30 pm if people are still waiting to speak.
Posted by lumi at August 18, 2006 10:18 PM