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June 20, 2008
It came from the Blogosphere...
Gowanus Lounge, Always Best to Have a Block Party While the Block’s Still There
Humorous headline from GoLo.
Brownstoner, Three Brooklyn Winners on AMNY's Most-Fugly List
Congratulations Bruce Ratner, your lame-ass mall is the posterchild for Brooklyn Fugly.
Red State, Atlantic Yards: A Chance to Mitigate "Kelo"?
The Atlantic Yards case in Brooklyn could be a chance for the Supreme Court to mitigate Kelo, or it could be just another brick in the wall separating the Constitution from the People it is supposed to protect.
NoLandGrab: Red State doesn't get all the details of the Atlantic Yards case right, but the underlying premise is correct, that this is a chance for the US Supreme Court to rein in potential abuses from the Kelo decision.
Jeremiah's
Vanishing New York, Discussing Eminent Domain
Jeremiah Moss reports from the New York Public Library's panel discussion on eminent domain.
Clawback, New Yorkers Say ‘Enough!’ to Stadium Subsidies
Fed up with public funding going to stadiums instead of services that benefit the whole city, a coalition of good government, park advocacy and community groups sent an open letter yesterday to the New York City Congressional delegation. The letter demands they ask the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department to help close a loophole discovered by local officials that allows federal subsidies (in the form of tax-exempt bonds) for sports facilities, which are normally not eligible. Another group began an e-mail campaign asking Mayor Bloomberg to refocus his priorities from stadiums to schools and other public infrastructure.
It seems the city’s attempts to use the loophole might not be so easy this time.
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Officials seem to be in a panic over the idea that in the future large stadiums may no longer be eligible for tax-exempt bonds. A recent New York Times story noted that the city is seeking bonds for the Nets Arena, part of the controversial Brooklyn Atlantic Yards project.
Posted by lumi at June 20, 2008 3:19 AM