« CB6 Pans Atlantic Yards | Main | It came from the Blogosphere... »
September 21, 2006
WINNERS AND LOSERS
Making sense of last week’s political crapshoots
NY Press
By John DeSio
First up under the "Losers" column:
Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, along with other activist groups that are vehemently opposed to Bruce Ratner’s basketball-and-skyscrapers Atlantic Yards development proposal, saw themselves on the short end of the stick last week. The two most notable candidates with the loudest anti-Atlantic Yards platforms, Chris Owens in the 11th Congressional District and Bill Batson in the 57th Assembly District, were both beaten handily with Owens finishing fourth behind Clarke, City Councilman David Yassky and State Senator Carl Andrews. Anti-development forces could take heart in one result: State Senator Velmanette Montgomery easily dispatched City Councilwoman Tracy Boyland in her race to retain her own seat.
NoLandGrab: Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn has taken a PR hit by coming up short on the elections.
Unfortunately, Ratner's showing in the election still leaves Brooklynites facing the same problems with the project as before: abuse of eminent domain, historic density, even more traffic congestion, massive taxpayer subsidies, rising asthma rates, crowded schools, the largest private project in NYC history going to one developer who owns all the recently developed commercial property adjacent to the plan (oh, don't get us started...).
Posted by lumi at September 21, 2006 7:43 AM