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September 1, 2006
ESDC spin is in
NY1 is reporting(dialup/broadband):
At a public hearing last week, many of the people who oppose the project said they didn't have enough time to review the 4,000 page proposal.
The Empire State Development Corporation announced Thursday that the public comment period will be extended an extra week to September 29th.
According to the ESDC, they're extending the review period so that the community can have another seven days to study and compile analysis on nearly 4,000 pages of documents.
Maybe it had more to do with the fact that Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn's attorney, Jeff Baker, pointed out to the state agency that the additional "community forum" walked and squawked like a "public hearing" and therefore, by law, the comment period must be held open for 10 days after the second "forum."
The ESDC caved two days after the letter was sent and released to the public.
The extension was announced on the revised "notice" (PDF) posted on the ESDC website, and carried by The Real Estate Observer and Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn.
Posted by lumi at September 1, 2006 9:02 AM