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August 18, 2008
So when exactly was that Contract Scope for an EIS prepared?
Atlantic Yards Report
I've posted (via my previous article) the 35-page Contract Scope for an Environmental Impact Statement that I cited on Friday as promising more analysis of blight than was ultimately produced by consultant AKRF.
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The ESDC [Empire State Development Corporation] voted on 9/29/05 to authorize the contract. It was signed by representatives of AKRF on 1/12/06 and ESDC 1/24/06.The Contract Scope is undated, but its second page states that "a final draft EAF [Environmental Assessment Form] was submitted to ESDC on September 16," which suggests that the document was in front of the ESDC when the agency's board voted that month.
It sure would've been interesting to have had it earlier.
NoLandGrab: The contrast between the original Contract Scope and what was ultimately delivered implies that the case for blight might have been very weak had AKRF conducted the study as originally outlined in the Contract Scope. This is interesting because the NY State definition of blight is notoriously lax and in favor of the condemning authority.
Posted by lumi at August 18, 2008 4:57 AM