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December 19, 2006
Senator-elect Adams calls for look at AY terrorism threat
Atlantic Yards Report
Less than two days before an expected vote on the Atlantic Yards plan by the Public Authorities Control Board (PACB), Eric Adams, the State Senator-elect for the 20th District and a retired New York Police Department captain, said the project isn’t ready for public approval.
“I’m very concerned about the terrorism aspect,” Adams, co-Founder of 100 Blacks in Law Enforcement Who Care, said last night. “I’d hate for us to rush right through it.” (Indeed, NY1 reported later that the project has been stalled.)
While the adjacent transit hub was targeted for a terrorist attack in 1997, the Empire State Development Corporation says a terrorism/security review isn't required under the state environmental review, though the city police department has examined the project.
Adams has previously expressed several concerns about Atlantic Yards, but also has said he wanted to evaluate the environmental impact.
Posted by lumi at December 19, 2006 8:08 AM