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October 17, 2007
THE 2007 LIBERTY MEDALS
TOP LOCAL HEROES VIE FOR LIBERTY MEDALS
NY Post
Bruce Ratner served on the panel of judges for the Post's sixth annual Liberty Medals. Other local luminaries who served on the "distinguished panel of New Yorkers" that selected the winners were:
Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of the Weinstein Co.; Lloyd Williams, chairman of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce; Martha Nelson, group editor, Time Inc.; CUNY Chancellor Dr. Matthew Goldstein; City Comptroller William Thompson; Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Fire Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta.
The winners will be presented their awards tonight and are profiled in today's Post.
NoLandGrab: Liberty Medals should not to be confused with Liberty Bonds, which Ratner secured for his Atlantic Terminal highrise building. According to the NYC Economic Development Corporation, tax-exempt Liberty Bonds were supposed to be used to "support rebuilding effort of lower Manhattan in New York City." Atlantic Terminal is in Brooklyn, next to Ratner's Atlantic Center Mall and across the street from where the developer proposes to build Atlantic Yards.
Posted by lumi at October 17, 2007 7:53 AM