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December 1, 2007
Christine Quinn and the Prisms of LGBT Advocate and Mayoral Candidate
The Village Voice
Julie Bolcer
Development was likewise on the minds of audience members, who asked a limited amount of questions in the final ten minutes of the conversation. One woman mentioned the effort to stop the Atlantic Yards project in downtown Brooklyn, and asked what Quinn thinks should be done now.“I think there’s not a lot that’s left to be done and that the project will be getting developed,” the Speaker replied. She reminded the audience that she never took a public position on the matter because it moved forward in a significant way before she took her citywide office. However, she did offer that she believes the development should not be excused from ULURP simply because it is a state process, and she recited her similar belief about the West Side Stadium.
Quinn as future Mayor: "And rats? They were here before I became Mayor, so they are not my problem. Oh, and traffic - that happened before I got here."
And by the way, Quinn took office in January of 2006. The public hearing on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was August 23, 2006.
Posted by amy at December 1, 2007 9:32 AM