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September 18, 2007
Real Estate Round-Up: September 18, 2007
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle ran quotes from dueling press statements regarding the Council of Brooklyn Neighorhoods's call for the Empire State Development Corporation to make good on its promise to hire an ombudsman to serve as the project's liaison to the community:
Said CBN Steering Committee member Eric McClure in a press release, “132 days ago, the [Empire State Development Corp.] pledged to hire an ombudsperson to represent community concerns and problems during Atlantic Yards preparation and construction. That’s twice as long as the ESDC allowed the public to respond to last year’s Environmental Impact Statement. That was a complex and huge task, but somehow the community got it done. What’s the holdup on keeping their word to the community?”
An ESDC spokesperson responded that the agency has been “taking the time necessary to interview candidates before selecting an ombudsperson who will be a liaison to the neighborhoods in and around the project’s footprint. Given the prominent role the ombudsperson will play it’s important that we make the right choice, not the expedient choice.”
Posted by lumi at September 18, 2007 12:49 PM