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September 28, 2006
Planners to Vote on Atlantic Yards
Dueling quotes from Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn spokesperson Dan Goldstein appeared in yesterday's news item from WNYC on the City Planning Commission "vote."
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz says even with the changes, it will be impossible to make everyone happy.
"There are some groups that under any circumstance will never support this, either because they're against eminent domain, which will be very modestly used in this project, extremely modestly," he said. "There are those that are against major developments and they are not going to be swayed."
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"City Planning has no say in this project. It's a recommendation," said Daniel Goldstein of Develop-Don't Destroy Brooklyn. "I think that it's a sad day yesterday for city planning and urban planners in general, because what we have is a massive plan with no urban planning going on, just recommendations."
Posted by lumi at September 28, 2006 6:41 AM