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November 28, 2007
CBN Media Advisory: Thursday, Noon Press Conference at City Hall
November 28, 2007
Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods (CBN)
WHO: State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, State Assembly Member Joan Millman, a representative of State Assembly Member Jim Brennan, City Council Members Letitia James, David Yassky and Bill de Blasio, State Senator Eric Adams and State Assembly Member Hakeem Jeffries pending, representatives of the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods
WHAT: Press Conference on Atlantic Yards Security Issues / Planned Arena Setbacks
WHERE: City Hall Steps, New York, NY
WHEN: Thursday, November 29th, 12:00 PM
Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods and Elected Officials
Renew Call for Independent Security Study of Atlantic Yards
Press Conference: Thursday, November 29th, 12:00 PM
Brooklyn, NY — On Thursday, November 29th at 12:00 p.m., State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, State Assembly Member Joan Millman, a representative of State Assembly Member Jim Brennan, City Council Members Letitia James, David Yassky and Bill de Blasio, and representatives of the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods (CBN) will hold a press conference on the steps of City Hall to renew a call for an independent security study of the planned Brooklyn Atlantic Yards project, and especially its basketball arena, in light of this week’s revelation that portions of the glass-walled arena and other adjacent glass-walled buildings would lie a mere 20 feet from heavily trafficked Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues. Newark police officials recently mandated the closing of streets adjacent to that city’s new Prudential Center during arena events; those streets are approximately 25 feet from that arena’s walls.
A spokesperson for Atlantic Yards developer Forest City Ratner last week admitted publicly for the first time that portions of the planned "Barclays Center" would sit back just 20 feet from two of Brooklyn’s busiest thoroughfares. Council Members James, Yassky and de Blasio, Senators Montgomery and Eric Adams, and Assemblymembers Brennan, Millman and Hakeem Jeffries formally requested an independent security study on October 29th, and questioned what would make the planned Brooklyn arena more secure than Newark’s arena. Street closings – or even lane closings – in Brooklyn similar to those instituted in Newark would create a nightmare of traffic and gridlock more than 230 days a year.
Posted by lumi at November 28, 2007 5:10 PM