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June 11, 2007
No Way to Treat Volunteers
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Opinion
"Hills and Gardens"
By Trudy Witman
Commentary on the sacking of Community Board Six members who voted to criticize Atlantic Yards makes the point that Borough President Marty Markowitz made much ado about nothing:
What the released board members had in common was signing their names to a strongly worded condemnation of the Atlantic Yards development plan, the borough president’s pet project. After the CB6 document was released, Markowitz made no secret of his displeasure.
The irony here is that community boards are mandated as advisory entities only, and although their recommendations may be taken seriously by city agencies, the Atlantic Yards project is managed exclusively by the state through the Empire State Development Corporation. As far as having teeth, the CB 6 resolution denouncing the Atlantic Yards plan was all gums — lots of bark but no bite.
Posted by lumi at June 11, 2007 9:18 AM