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June 24, 2008
MISSING: Atlantic Yards Report
Here are two items from Atlantic Yards Report that we missed from yesterday.
Bill to reform Public Authorities stumbling in Albany
The New York Times reports today that Assemblyman Richard Brodsky's effort to reform the governance of public authorities may be running aground, given Mayor Mike Bloomberg's effort "to have more power over his own appointees to authority boards — ostensibly independent."
Today's the last day of the legislative session.
As vote for NYU to absorb Polytechnic approaches, some strange silences
Today the Higher Education Committee of the New York State Board of Regents will discuss a proposal "to amend the charter of Polytechnic University, as requested, to effect an affiliation with New York University," and a vote on the proposal will be held Tuesday. As I've explained, the proposed "consolidation" or "merger" is more like an absorption by the larger NYU of the MetroTech-based Poly.
While there are clear potential benefits for both institutions, there are also reasons to be wary, reasons that, unaccountably, neither the major media nor the Board of Regents seem to have noticed.
Posted by lumi at June 24, 2008 4:07 AM