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November 9, 2007
Brooklyn Officials Push for Safety Study At Atlantic Yards
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
By Charles Maldonado
After safety concerns forced Newark officials to close streets adjacent to the new arena on game and event nights, local Brooklyn politicians renewed their request for a full security and terrorism analysis for Atlantic Yards:
“We do not want to face a similar failure of planning in relation to Atlantic Yards, a project at least as susceptible to attack as the Newark arena,” said the letter, dated Oct. 29. “The Barclays Center Arena will sit directly above the city’s third largest transportation hub, the Atlantic Avenue station, at the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues, two major Brooklyn thoroughfares.
The letter was signed by State Senators Eric Adams and Velmanette Montgomery; state Assembly Members Jim Brennan, Hakeem Jeffries and Joan Millman; and City Council Members Letitia James, David Yassky and Bill de Blasio.
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Jeff Gordon, a representative from Spitzer’s office, said that the NYPD has reviewed and approved the plans.“The New York Police Department has been very involved in reviewing the project and working with the developer, as they are with most large-scale developments,” Gordon said.
Posted by lumi at November 9, 2007 5:18 AM