« Atlantic Terminal Tower | Main | Happy Bruce Day! »
January 23, 2009
The Edolphus Towns succession, Darryl Towns, and Forest City Ratner's interest and intervention$
Atlantic Yards Report
City Hall News has an interesting piece on the potential race to succeed 74-year-old, 14-term 10th District Rep. Edolphus Towns, who in 2008 easily beat back a challenge from activist Kevin Powell though in 2006 was challenged more forcefully by City Council Member Charles Barron, whose impact was diluted by the spoiler role of Assemblyman Roger Green.
The article, headlined Big Egos and Ambitions Set To Collide in Prospective Race To Succeed Towns, doesn't mention the Atlantic Yards angle on past races nor the prospective one.
Still, Forest City Ratner has an interest in this race, part of the unwritten story about the developer's impact on Brooklyn politics. That interest includes a previously unreported Bruce Ratner campaign contribution to Assemblyman Darryl Towns and a surprise appearance by Towns himself at a recent AY-related meeting held by the Empire State Development Corporation.
The Mad Overkilling Norman Oder finds Forest City Ratner's fingerprints in Darryl Towns's campaign finance filings and examines the State Assemblyman's public track record on Atlantic Yards.
Posted by lumi at January 23, 2009 5:31 AM