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August 8, 2007
MEDIA ADVISORY, BROOKLYN SPEAKS:
ELECTED OFFICIALS, CITY-WIDE AND BROOKLYN CIVIC AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO CALL ON GOVERNOR SPITZER TO REFORM GOVERNANCE OF ATLANTIC YARDS PROJECT
BROOKLYN, NY - With the lack of transparency, accountability and public involvement in the governance of the Atlantic Yards project continuing to be demonstrated by the recently-released financial assumptions of the project and the proposed amendment carving out the project area from the State’s 421-a reform bill, local elected officials, city-wide and Brooklyn civic and community groups will call on Governor Spitzer to reform the governance of the Atlantic Yards project and release a white paper with a roadmap suggesting how this can be done at 10.30 on Wednesday August 8 at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
WHO: Councilmember Letitia James, Assemblyman Jim Brennan, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, and State Senator Velmanette Montgomery and City-wide and Brooklyn organizations active around the Atlantic Yards discussion including the sponsors of the BrooklynSpeaks.net campaign
WHEN: Wednesday, August 8, 2007, 10:30 AM
WHERE: The Rotunda, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Contact: Gib Veconi (917) 881-0401
Posted by lumi at August 8, 2007 8:36 AM