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September 22, 2006
Paper Dragon at Atlantic Yards
The Real Estate Observer
By Matthew Schuerman
Talk about fighting bureaucracy with bureaucracy. The Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods is waiting until the last day to submit a 250- to 300-page response to draft environmental impact statement on Atlantic Yards.
"The deadline is Sept. 29 at 5:30," said C.B.N. co-chair Candace Carponter. "We will submit our response at 5 o'clock, maybe a little earlier, like 1 o'clock."
NoLandGrab: It's interesting that reporter Matthew Schuerman characterizes a 250- to 300-page response as "bureaucracy."
The point of the exercise isn't to bury the government in paper, but to define the weaknesses of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the largest private project in NYC history which proposes the densest residential community in North America.
In light of enormity of the project, 250-300 pages seems disappointingly thin, but is the best effort community groups could muster in the incredibly short timeframe.
Posted by lumi at September 22, 2006 8:57 AM