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February 21, 2009
When is democracy coming to Atlantic Yards?
NY Daily News - The I-Team Blog
Michael O'Keeffe
This is a perfect reason why so many people in Brooklyn think Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards proposal is little more than a back-room deal to enrich an influential developer.On the same day the Daily News' Pete Donohue and Elizabeth Hays report that Brooklyn beep Marty Markowitz has been lobbying for stimulus money to jump-start the Nets owner's stalled project, Norman Oder says on his Atlantic Yards Report blog that the New York City Economic Development Corp. has denied his Freedom of Information Law request for the current price tag of the proposed arena and surrounding skyscrapers.
The EDC told Oder that supplying that information "would cause substantial injury to the competitive position of the subject enterprise." In other words, it's a trade secret.
Huh?
NoLandGrab: O'Keeffe links to Leonard Cohen's song "Democracy" and asks when democracy will come to Atlantic Yards, but everybody knows the deal is rotten.
Posted by amy at February 21, 2009 1:29 PM