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December 14, 2006
Still Some Yards Work To Do
Brooklyn Downtown Star
By Norman Oder
If you are losing track or cheated on your Atlantic Yards-news diet, this article serves up a digest of the past week's news.
Read about: * Hakeem Jeffries taking a stand, * groups calling for delay in final approval, at least until Governor-elect Spitzer takes office, * problems with the Environmental Impact Statement, * approval of the Environmental Impact Statement, * what a delay might accomplish, * Empire State Development Corporation head Charles Gargano's on-air evasions, * ESDC board members learning the difference between Pacific St. and Dean St. before voting (phew!), * the community's traffic experts getting jerked around by the ESDC, * how long the project will really take, * when a large-scale terrorist attack isn't a wost-case scenario, * if Bruce is really into the Nets for the long haul, and * really big and animated LED billboards.
Posted by lumi at December 14, 2006 9:36 PM