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February 28, 2007
As ESDC waits to name AY environmental monitor, Dean Street residents lose water supply, face FCR obfuscation
Atlantic Yards Report
Norman Oder publishes the scoop on yesterday's events in and around the Atlantic Yards footprint, by way of an eye-witness account from the President of the Dean Street Block Association, Peter Krashes.
Krashes spent the greater part of the day dealing with a mishap caused by a Forest City Ratner (FCR) contractor. The Dean St. resident remained unstymied by the bald-faced assertion put forth by FCR's VP of Public Affairs, who claimed that an existing problem was spotted by the Department of Environmental Protection thanks to the work being done by Forest City Ratner.
On February 5, the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) issued a request for proposals for an environmental monitor to oversee construction activities within the Atlantic Yards project. Responses were due February 26, with selection expected in two weeks.
However, for residents of Dean Street between Carlton and Vanderbilt avenues—a block that on the south side borders the project footprint and on the north side is within the footprint—that oversight seems already overdue.
On Tuesday, they lost their water supply for four hours owing to a worker’s error, and found the inconvenience compounded by a lack of information available from Forest City Ratner’s newly-established Atlantic Yards Community Liaison Office. The likelihood of at least a dozen building demolitions within the next few months makes the issue even more pressing.
Posted by lumi at February 28, 2007 8:26 AM