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December 12, 2006

Last shot for Atlantic Yards?

Arena needs approval from Public Authorities Control Review Board

MetroNY
By Amy Zimmer

Though governor-elect Eliot Spitzer has expressed support for the plan, critics of the project’s scale hope he might propose reductions. The Public Authorities Control Board’s next meeting is scheduled for Dec. 20.

That’s why opponents of the plan — Brooklyn’s largest ever single-developer project — are expected to rally on City Hall’s steps today calling for the board to delay its vote.

Environmental and political watchdog groups will be joined by local politicians to raise questions about impacts on traffic, shadows, sanitation and other city services, as well as its financing

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Posted by lumi at December 12, 2006 8:23 AM