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September 16, 2006
Many Thrilled to Blow Ratner’s Horn - 2nd Public Hearing Fails to Draw Significant Crowd On Primary Day
Courier-Life
Although Stephen Witt declares that "even God is on developer Bruce Ratner’s side," some opponents showed up at last week's 'forum' despite the conflicts of primary day and the boycott:
Deb Howard, executive director of the Pratt Area Community Council, said more subsidies should go into manufacturing jobs instead of to FCR, particularly at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.Howard also lambasted the trade unions for not hiring enough minorities and said after construction, the FCR development would bring mainly lower-paying service jobs.
Posted by amy at September 16, 2006 3:39 PM