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December 16, 2006
Progressive Democrat Issue 100: BROOKLYN FOCUS: Atlantic Yards Development
Mole's Progressive Democrat comments on the statement from DDDB's Jeff Baker regarding problems with the FEIS:
As usual, I would add sewage issues to the list, something else that has been largely ignored but will affect a huge area of Brooklyn as well as the already over-polluted Gowanus canal.I want to emphasize something that often gets forgotten: NO ONE is against development of this area. What people are against is the corrupt and sloppy process by which Ratner, a law school buddy of Pataki's, got handed almost anything he wanted without a proper bidding or review process. I also should point out that DDDB has been joined by a broad coalition of community groups and politicians, including Assembly members Millman, Brennan and Robinson. And now with Pataki on his way out, soon we may see a considerable reworking of Ratner's plan if not a complete fresh beginning to the process.
Posted by amy at December 16, 2006 10:14 AM