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November 23, 2006
Agency error delays Atlantic Yards approval
State approval of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn will likely be pushed back to 2007 due to an error by the Empire State Development Corp.
Crain's NY Business
By Erik Engquist
New York state approval of the controversial Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn will likely be pushed back to 2007 because of a technical error by the Empire State Development Corp.
The ESDC failed to incorporate some public comments into the final environmental impact statement that its board certified last week. The document will have to be reprinted and certified again at Monday's meeting of the board.
The board must then wait another 10 days to recertify the document and certify the general project plan, environmental findings and property seizures for the $4.2 billion project. It would then go to the state comptroller's office for a review that could take seven days.
The article lays out the issues pointing the way towards possible approval during the last days of Governor George Pataki's administration, but mentions another stumbling block on the horizon:
State approval is not the project's largest hurdle. A greater threat is an October lawsuit by local residents, who could lose their homes and small businesses.
NoLandGrab: The latest word is that the ESDC board scheduled a special meeting for next Monday, November 27, to approve the release of the New & Improved FEIS. This will start the clock ticking again on the approval process.
Posted by lumi at November 23, 2006 7:51 AM