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September 20, 2007
Still Waiting: Ombuddy Nowhere at Site or in Sight
Brooklyn Downtown Star
By Norman Oder
The Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) under Governor Eliot Spitzer has announced, if not fully implemented, several steps to provide more transparency regarding the controversial Atlantic Yards project, and the failure to follow through so far on perhaps the major step-an ombudsperson-prompted a protest Monday from community groups critical of the project.
NoLandGrab: What this yes-we-have-no-bananas lead is trying to say (we think) is that the ESDC hasn't kept one of it's major promises to the community, to appoint an ombudsman for the Atlantic Yards project.
Atlantic Yards Report, A follow-up on the AY ombudsperson: "intersecting concerns"
The one addition to the article is follow-up comments from Dean St. resident Peter Krashes, who notes:
If they [the ESDC] don't do their job well, there is a real risk someone will be affected adversely who doesn't have to be.
Posted by lumi at September 20, 2007 6:47 AM