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October 3, 2008
...from the Bloombergsphere
Lost City, 13 Reasons Bloomberg Shouldn't Be Re-elected
And the number one reason that Bloomberg should not be reelected to a third term...
1. Atlantic Yards. That gaping hole in downtown Brooklyn is as much his fault as Ratner's. He allowed it to happen, funneling money from the City coffers to the developer and looking the other way as Ratner twisted every law in the book, including that of Eminent Domain, in his favor.
NoLandGrab: Bloomberg's Atlantic Yards transgressions have been to stand by as the State of New York used its power to supercede all local zoning and wield the power of eminent domain; throwing money at the project and then throwing extra money at the project for a grand total pledge of $205 million, thus far; and then lying about the project, leading New Yorkers to believe that developer Bruce Ratner would foot the bill, and that there was only, like, one eminent domain hold-out.
life in the sonic age, Mayor Bloomberg’s Third Term (No Way!)
Bloomberg's irrational affection for Atlantic Yards earns the number-three spot on Ken Lowy's reasons to spare New York City from four more years.
#3: Bloomberg likes the Atlantic Yards proposal. Did I mention he’s a billionaire? It doesn’t provide a lot of jobs (not jobs that pay well), unless you’re in construction. Then it’s great, until it’s done, then you need to find another job. No low income housing! Very little (very little) middle income housing. Lot’s of housing for people who make a lot of money (less of those people now than a month ago).
Curbed, Four More Years?
The blowback from abolishing term limits for elected city officials would be four more years of all those other guys who have already been in office for too long, like Brooklyn BP Marty Markowitz:
Markowitz who is loved by some as Brooklyn's #1 cheerleader and loathed by others as a front man for projects like Atlantic Yards, says "I just hope that the people of Brooklyn would be thrilled, too. Well, not everyone will be thrilled, but I hope most of the people will."
NoLandGrab: Not every Atlantic Yards critic loathes Markowitz — some just think that the poor guy has just totally lost it.
Queens Crap, Why it won't be a walk in the park for Bloomie
"Crappy" gathers some online reaction to Bloomberg's announcement, including this:
Bloomberg has not done much good for NYC - that is, unless you’re on wall street or a fat cat real estate developer. Even if you’re the latter, his failures, with the west side yards, Atlantic yards, etc are proof positive this man doesn’t know what he’s doing.
Posted by lumi at October 3, 2008 6:00 AM