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December 9, 2006
Atlantic Yards moves forward
Brooklyn Papers
By Gersh Kuntzman
The fate of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project is now in the hands of the three men in the room.
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A “no” vote from any one of the state’s most-powerful men would kill Atlantic Yards — though all three have said they support the project.Yards opponents have called on the PACB to delay its vote until after Eliot Spitzer takes over as governor so that he can put his stamp on a project that would begin construction during his administration — and would cause significant impacts on traffic, transit and other infrastructure that the new governor would have to deal with in years to come.
Others are calling for the PACB to delay the vote until a federal judge rules on an existing lawsuit over the state’s use of its power to condemn privately owned buildings in the 22-acre Atlantic Yards footprint and hand them over to Ratner.
Posted by amy at December 9, 2006 11:32 AM