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October 13, 2007
From "Brian Lehrer Live": criticism and context
Atlantic Yards Report
Lehrer asked about the lawsuits against the project and suggested that they were a last-ditch effort, given that opponents had lost at every level: "They've lost at the legislative level...""What legislative level, Brian?" I responded, clarifying that the City Council did not have a vote.
And Guskind offered the money quote, suggesting that the lawsuits were the only hope, given that the political and approval process was "rigged to produce this outcome. In a few decades of covering urban affairs and covering public policy all over the country, I've rarely seen a process this anti-democratic."
And it's not exactly radical to think the process behind AY was deeply flawed; that's pretty much what PlaNYC 2030 implies.
Posted by amy at October 13, 2007 8:00 AM