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September 30, 2006
Brooklyn nabes to state: Scrap Yards study
Brooklyn Papers Ariella Cohen clarifies yesterday's assertions by describing CBN's call to scrap the DEIS "last-minute".
Just hours before the close of the public comment period for the Atlantic Yards draft environmental impact statement, leaders of 28 Brooklyn neighborhood groups went to the Manhattan headquarters of the Empire State Development Corporation and demanded the state agency scrap its flawed DEIS of Bruce Ratner’s $4.2-billion mega-project.
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“This report is missing adequate analysis that is needed to understand what impacts this project will have on the people and environment of Brooklyn,” said Tom Angotti, a professor of urban affairs at Hunter University who authored a section of the CBN’s 300-page report.
Posted by amy at September 30, 2006 11:23 AM