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December 11, 2008
The Gift of Giving
Barclays/Nets Community Alliance press release via Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The great philanthropist Bruce Ratner, who has laid waste to Prospect Heights while gorging himself at the public trough, is spreading holiday cheer in Bushwick.
The Barclays/Nets Community Alliance, which includes a partnership between Barclays, the Nets and Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC), brought holiday fun and toys to hundreds of children in Brooklyn yesterday at The Salvation Army’s Bushwick Community Center.
The event featured Nets players Josh Boone, Bobby Simmons, Maurice Ager, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Trenton Hassell (pictured above) and Stromile Swift, who delivered a truckload of toys to 250 children attending an after-school program.
Nets mascot Sly was also there to help entertain the kids.
“No child should ever be without a toy during the holiday season,” said Nets owner and Downtown real estate magnate Bruce Ratner.
NoLandGrab: It pains us to publish stuff like this, but we've pledged to post all Atlantic Yards-related news (and "news"). But shame on the Brooklyn Eagle for regurgitating this pabulum while failing utterly to take a critical look at the Atlantic Yards project.
Posted by eric at December 11, 2008 11:11 AM