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November 18, 2006
Final Yards Statement Comes As No Surprise to Opponents
Courier-Life
Stephen Witt
“I thought there would be at least one question from the [ESDC] board, but there was not even a show of making a query about this big [FEIS] document, which makes me wonder if the board has seen any of this,” said Goldstein.Goldstein said there was not even a mention that the ESDC is being sued over the eminent domain issue.
“They can’t build it unless they win the eminent domain lawsuit so they are risking approving a project that can’t be built,” Goldstein said.
Witt also gives an update of the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhood (CBN)'s [or as Witt calls it, the Brooklyn Council of Neighborhoods (BCN)'s] latest project:
The Project Report Card invites the community and everyone who sent in comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) to grade the ESDC on how well they listened and responded.“The ESDC said they received over 1,800 comments on the DEIS, which is really remarkable. It’s also remarkable that they were able to incorporate all those comments in such a short time,” said CBN spokesperson Jim Vogel.
“Since the law says that the community is responsible for the thoroughness and accuracy of the Environmental Review process, now it’s time for the community to evaluate the FEIS. And we’ve given the community a tool to make it easy,” he added.
The report card is available on the CBN website www.cbrooklynneighborhoods.homestead.com.
Posted by amy at November 18, 2006 12:54 PM