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February 12, 2009
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The Brooklyn Paper
The Brooklyn Paper has a special item emphasizing support for the proposed Atlantic Yards project.
Publisher Ed Weintrob’s editorial advocating using the federal stimulus to build the Atlantic Yards arena unleashed a torrent of responses on BrooklynPaper.com, our award-winning Web site. Most comments were negative, but believe it or not, some commenters sided with Weintrob:
“I agree with this editorial. The fact that it will create thousands of construction jobs is another good argument to support this project.”
Sol from Park Slope
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NoLandGrab: A number of the commenters wish to justify the proposed Atlantic Yards project with promises of job creation. We'll repeat - yet again - that the 15,000 construction jobs promised are really just 1,500 construction jobs for 10 years. Meanwhile, the one promised office tower, where one might expect as a location for well-paying jobs, is on hold indefinitely.
Posted by steve at February 12, 2009 5:12 AM