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February 12, 2009
Some real news — though not from the ombudsman: There will be a hearing!
The Brooklyn Paper
by Gersh Kuntzman
Though it wasn’t announced by the ombudsman, a tiny piece of actual news did come out of Wednesday night’s Atlantic Yards gripefest: the state Senate is actually going to hold a hearing on the stalled mega-project.
Irene Van Slyke, an aide to Yards-opposing Sen. Velmanette Montgomery (D–Fort Greene), announced that the Committee on Corporations, Public Authorities and Commissions — now controlled by Democrats — would hold a hearing in Manhattan on April 24 to figure out “who is really in charge: is it the developer, or is it ESDC [Empire State Development Corporation]?”
Given the committee’s broad purview, the hearing could also look at the project’s financing and future.
Posted by eric at February 12, 2009 12:18 PM