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November 16, 2006
Final EIS moves toward approval; critics say changes insufficient
Atlantic Yards Report
Now that the Atlantic Yards Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) has been released, the question is: will the board of the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), nearly all appointees of lame-duck Gov. George Pataki, move the project toward approval before Republican Pataki leaves office for incoming Democrat Eliot Spitzer?
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"I don't see why they'd reject it," Gargano said of the PACB and, indeed, neither of the two legislators nor Pataki or Spitzer have criticized the project--though there will be pressure on them to reject or modify it. And Silver, a Democrat, may want to delay the project so it can be examined under the administration of a fellow Democrat.
If you haven't had time to read the the Final Environmental Impact Statment, Norman Oder summarizes the tweaks to the project, mitigations, additions to the Environmental Impact Statement, and the community concerns that were totally ignored.
Posted by lumi at November 16, 2006 8:09 AM