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January 31, 2009
Dock Street foes, supporters clash at hearing
The Brooklyn Paper this week wrote an article in support of the Dock Street proposal in DUMBO. Since the newspaper's website is open for comments, many angry readers accused the paper of bias. Ed Weintrob, publisher of the paper, jumped in with his own defense comment and used the New York Times' relationship with Bruce Ratner as the posterchild of bias:
As for Two Trees, it is no secret that we are rental tenants in one of Two Trees’ DUMBO buildings (we've mentioned this in the past, and several posters have pointed it out on our own Web site — so, no secret). As far as we know, our lease terms are in line with those of comparable tenants. We PAY for our space.So there is no conspiracy or secret payback here. We are not business partners with Two Trees in the sense that the business fortunes of Two Trees do not affect our bottom line (unlike, for instance, the New York Times, which has a business partnership in its Times Square building with Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner).
Posted by amy at January 31, 2009 12:31 PM