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December 7, 2006
Atlantic Yards: Creating the next terrorist target?
Daily Gotham
Mole333 posts an open letter from Al Rosner to Governor-elect Spitzer. Rosner highlights the fact that a post-9/11 and Katrina security analysis has been overlooked.
Unconscionably the ESDC has chosen to ignore all too many of the documented concerns of the communities surrounding this project. One area of profound consequence they have refused to address regards issues of public safety and security. Since the attacks of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina this has become a major focus of attention at all levels of government, yet any such consideration here was disregarded.
NoLandGrab: You may be thinking, "Katrina??? Now Rosner has really lost it." But Rosner has a point. Post-9/11 and Hurricane Katrina MARKET conditions have not only added to the cost of additional security measures, but have caused insurance premiums to skyrocket. Something tells us if these costs become unmanageable, taxpayers, not Bruce Ratner, will be holding the bag (again).
Posted by lumi at December 7, 2006 7:30 AM