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June 27, 2008
Gargano flashback: "no taxpayer money will go to build a sports arena"
Atlantic Yards Report
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn points to a 8/23/04 interview with Charles Gargano, then chairman of the Empire State Development Corporation, who seemed definitive that there would be no help for Forest City Ratner's Atlantic Yards arena:
The governor and I have made it clear for nine-plus years that no taxpayer money will go to build a sports arena. We will consider helping with infrastructure improvements, like a platform over the rail yards on the West Side or new subway stations, which helps the public at large.
Norman Oder unpacks that damn lie in the rest of the article.
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn has more on its web site, including Gargano's yarn about Yankee Stadium, which is turning out to be one of the most successful boondoggles for one of the most successful professional sports franchises in history.
Posted by lumi at June 27, 2008 5:12 AM