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September 4, 2006
Two errors in nationwide AP story on AY
Atlantic Yards Report
There were two fundamental errors in an otherwise reasonably balanced Associated Press story that appeared in dozens of newspapers nationwide today. The article, headlined Project Divides Brooklyn Residents in most papers, states: The $4.2 billion Atlantic Yards project, to be built over a rail yard...
NoLandGrab: If only that were true. The Vanderbilt Railyards only comprises EIGHT acres of the 22-acre Atlantic Yards project.
The article also:
didn't acknowledge that the "extraordinary" coalition [consists] mainly of groups that stand to benefit from the project, and that the Community Benefits Agreement differs significantly from those pioneering agreements negotiated in Los Angeles, where signatories refuse to accept money from the developer.
Links:
Atlantic Yards Report
AP article, via Newsday
Posted by lumi at September 4, 2006 7:50 AM