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December 19, 2006
Groups call for full disclosure, increased mitigation efforts before PACB vote
BrooklynSpeaks.net
At a press conference today on City Hall steps, citywide and national civic groups gathered on the steps of New York’s City Hall to ask the Public Authorities Control Board not to vote on the Atlantic Yards project until it has had the opportunity to vigorously scrutinize the financial details of Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project.
The speakers were: Assemblyman James Brennan (D-Brooklyn), Eric Goldstein, Co-Director, Urban Program, Natural Resources Defense Council; Chris Jones, Vice-President, Regional Plan Association; Jon Orcutt, Executive Director, Tri-State Transportation Campaign; Michelle De La Uz, Executive Director, Fifth Avenue Committee; Micaela Birmingham, Director of Planning, New Yorkers for Parks; Andy Wiley-Schwartz, Vice President, Project for Public Spaces and Dick Dadey, Executive Director, Citizen’s Union.
Link to quotes from the press conference.
NoLandGrab: The Regional Plan Association is the biggie here. Previously the group had taken a position that Atlantic Yards represents an opportunity to build more urban density around transit hubs (never mind that this experiment in extreme density is unprecedented and would make the project the densest residential community in the nation), though the group called for some changes in the second phase of the project.
It's also good to see the Natural Resources Defense Council finally take a stand on the project. It would be interesting to see if the group publicizes any strong objections to Atlantic Yards based on environmental grounds and analysis of the Environmental Impact Statement.
Posted by lumi at December 19, 2006 6:49 AM