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December 26, 2007
Happy Boxing Day Bruce
This year's gifts from political cronies and corporations to Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner include:
• Another $105 million from New York City!
• A $400 million naming-rights windfall for the allegedly "publicly owned" "Barclays Center."
• A 421-a "Ratner Clause" for Ratner Claus!
• An Ombudsman who thinks the Atlantic Yards project is "sexy!"
And let's not forget the in-kind gifts, like:
• More tough investigative reporting by The New York Times.
• and a Brooklyn Public Library programs-and-exhibitions director unwilling to offend "the biggest guy around."
Posted by lumi at December 26, 2007 5:40 AM