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February 25, 2008
It came from the Blogosphere...
Who Walk in Brooklyn, The Law, Language & So-Called Atlantic Yards
The myth of Norman "the Mad Overkiller" Oder grows as one reader compares him to a Malamud protagonist:
With nothing but a gutsy mind & spirit, [Yacov Bok] opposes the entire apparatus of police, prosecutors, judges and jailers. He is the classic Victim Who Judges, who is easily superior to his tormentors, who psyches them out, exposing their chicanery, their petty motives, who ends with contempt for them rather than fear. He reads Spinoza and does a retrospective analysis of Jewish persecution, and finally comes up with the wonderful idea that “Suffering teaches us only that suffering has absolutely no value.” To me, Bok is an archetype of Norman Oder, at least in respect to his uncompromising judging of his persecutors, to his illuminating insights into the stinking social apparatus which is slowly destroying us, fiber by fiber and cell by cell.
NoLandGrab: We're pretty sure that Oder doesn't view developer Bruce Ratner, NY City and State to be "his persecutors." From our POV he is merely trying to figure out and report the truth.
Du soleil à la grisaille..., And sometimes you close your eyes, and see the place where you use to live...
Elodie est retourné à Brooklyn, mais pour rend visite, et devine quoi... she is doing her thesis on Atlantique Yards"
Et shame on me, comme d'hab, j'ai pas écrit d'article avant ce soir, tellement débordée à avancer mon mémoire... hum hum. Je pense que l'intitulé initial de mon mémoire "Atlantic Yards, projet contesté au coeur du cosmopolite borough de Brooklyn, analyse des conflits de territoire" va devenir "1000 et une choses futiles et inutiles à faire quand on est censer bosser"...
MetroNuevaYork, Manifestantes en protesta contra acoso contra fotógrafos
Noticias de "Atlantic Yards Camera Club" en Español:
Según informaba el pasado día 11 el blog No Land Grab, pese al tiempo inclemente que se registró en Nueva York el pasado domingo 10 de febrero, se presentaron unas dos docenas de fotógrafos pertenecientes al Atlantic Yards Camera Club a la manifestación convocada para protestar contra el acoso sufrido por la fotógrafa Katherin McInnis, quien fotografiaba las cocheras de Atlantic Avenue por parte de un agente del MTA.
Calculated Risk, CNBC: Insurer Downgrade "Imminent"
One reason that money has dried up for large government-sponsored megaprojects:
CNBC reports: Is Time Running Out for Bond Insurers?
The decision by the big ratings agencies, Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch is imminent, and at least one of the raters could make an announcement sometime today.
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[A] downgrade of MBIA and Ambac could pose big problems for the banks that hold bonds they insure. Analyst Meredith Whitney said on CNBC yesterday that the downgrades could cause writedowns of another $75 billion at the big banks.
The latest news is that Ambac might get bailed out.
And from the ReBlogosphere, here are links that picked up news of an impending affordable-housing subsidy crunch, as first discussed on Atlantic Yards Report and Brownstoner:
OnNYTurf, Atlantic Yards Affordable Housing in Jeopardy Due to Housing Bond Cap "Crisis"
Runnin' Scared [The Village Voice], Could the Bond Market Hurt Atlantic Yards Affordable Housing?
But it's not clear whether Forest City Ratner has applied for those bonds, and there is a lot of evidence indicating that there might not be any money available if Forest City did, Oder wrote. The city's Housing Development Corporation wouldn't say whether the agency received the bond application from Ratner or not.
Either way, sounds like it's gonna be tough to build the affordable housing.
Queens Crap, Affordable housing much less likely
Posted by lumi at February 25, 2008 4:52 AM