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November 5, 2007
Cash-rich DeBlasio seeks Beep post
The Brooklyn Paper
By Gersh Kuntzman
NYC Councilman Bill de Blasio is running for Brooklyn Borough President, a post he "actually" doesn't have to apologize for:
“I actually think it’s a great office,” he said. “Brooklyn is obviously the center of the most-important stuff going on in the city right now — culturally, politically with our progressive values and progressive ideas, and development-wise. The next borough president will get to shape a lot of that.”
What kind of stuff will de Blasio focus on? Irresponsible development stuff, excluding the Atlantic Yards stuff:
In an interview this week with The Brooklyn Paper, DeBlasio said he would emphasize his support for affordable housing and “protecting neighborhoods” from “irresponsible developers.”
He did not mention his support for the Atlantic Yards project, a position that has earned him substantial opposition from many residents of his Park Slope base.
To understand, or at least try to wrap your head around the "essential truth" of Bill de Blasio's opinions on Atlantic Yards, check out Norman Oder's in-depth article from Atlantic Yards Report, posted last week.
Posted by lumi at November 5, 2007 6:40 AM