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May 8, 2007
Novel Idea: Safety Measures For Atlantic Yards
Gothamist
When we first saw the Daily News headline, "Brooklyn arena project gets safety net," we thought that the Empire State Development Corporation had literally bought a huge, super-reinforced netting to put around buildings being demolished for the Atlantic Yards project, in hopes of preventing other huge chunks of buildings falling onto sidewalks.
But it turns out the ESDC is just appointing an ombudsman ("to speak to government agencies and the public about the $4.2 billion project") and various others officials to "monitor construction and demolitions" and "review transportation and other issues on a monthly basis." Uh, aren't these people who should have been appointed from the outset?
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Photograph of Atlantic Yards demolition by akinloch on Flickr.
NoLandGrab: Depite the news of an ombudsman, we're still waiting for the official announcement of someone to be named.
Fun Fact: Today is 128 days after the first day of the Spitzer administration (you know, the day "everything changes") and 92 days since the Empire State Development Corporation announced that they were going to hire an environmental compliance monitor.
Posted by lumi at May 8, 2007 9:49 AM