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November 25, 2006
Civic Groups Cite Potential Terror Threat At Atlantic Yards; Call For Study
Courier-Life
Thomas Tracy
The FEIS, released on November 15, doesn’t take into account the Atlantic Yards potential to be a terrorist target, Council members said, adding that the ESDC told Council members that they didn’t look into such matters because “environmental legislation doesn’t require it.”“Over 100,000 people live in the vicinity of this project,” said Jim Vogel, a spokesperson for the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods. “It is unacceptable that their safety and security should be compromised by hair splitting about the letter of the law.”
In their letter, Council members said that fears of terrorism at the Atlantic Yards “were made known to the ESDC in responses to its Draft Scope of Analysis for the Atlantic Yards from the CBN, Community Boards 2, 6 and 8 and many elected representatives and community groups.”
“Unfortunately, the ESDC failed to acknowledge these concerns,” they stated.
Posted by amy at November 25, 2006 1:18 PM