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June 12, 2008
MEDIA ADVISORY: Campaign to Reform Atlantic Yards Governance
BROOKLYN LEGISLATORS, COMMUNITY AND CIVIC LEADERS LAUNCH CAMPAIGN TO REFORM ATLANTIC YARDS GOVERNANCE
WHO & WHAT: New York State Assembly members Hakeem Jeffries and James Brennan, and New York City Council members Letitia James, and David Yassky will gather with Brooklyn community leaders to launch “The Campaign to Reform the Governance of Atlantic Yards,” an initiative to pass new legislation that would reform the governance of the Atlantic Yards project.
Atlantic Yards is the only state project without effective public oversight and a vehicle for community input in its decision-making. To address this, the Atlantic Yards Governance Act (A11395) would create the “Atlantic Yards Trust” to oversee the project with a board of state and city appointed officials and a “Stakeholders Council” comprised of local residents appointed by local elected officials that would advise the Trust and provide an opportunity for meaningful community involvement.
WHERE: Steps of City Hall, Manhattan
WHEN: Monday, June 16, 2008
TIME: 10AM
Press Contact: Shea Communications, Inc.: George Shea, Alexis Schneider: 212.627.5766
Posted by eric at June 12, 2008 3:38 PM