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October 13, 2006
Lawmaker: Give us Atlantic Yards info!
The Brooklyn Papers
By Gersh Kuntzman and Ariella Cohen
Assemblyman Jim Brennan (D-Park Slope) said that his office had been forced to file a formal “Freedom of Information Law” request this week to force the Empire State Development Corporation to release “all financial information related to the Atlantic Yards project.”
Brennan said he had to take on the state agency because elected officials — who earlier this year rubber-stamped $100 million for the project with little debate — have not been given “complete information.”
Such information is vital, Brennan said, so the public and elected officials can determine whether the project needs to comprise eight million square feet to allow developer Bruce Ratner to build 2,250 units of affordable housing, and refurbish the LIRR rail yards over which the project will sit, while still making a reasonable profit.
NoLandGrab: It remains to be seen if Brennan gets further than Norman Oder of Atlantic Yards Report or Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn's lawyer Jeff Baker.
Posted by lumi at October 13, 2006 8:29 AM