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March 17, 2009
City criticizes developer for writing Coney zoning amendments, but has not criticized source of AY design guidelines
Atlantic Yards Report
According to the Daily News, "Local pols approved dramatic new changes to the city's plan for Coney Island at a developer's urging, infuriating city officials, sources said."
A city official summed up his or her indignation this way: "Having a for-profit developer write these zoning amendments is the equivalent of having a Big Tobacco lobbyist write anti-smoking legislation."
More proof that Atlantic Yards is the exception to the rule, Norman Oder reminds us that one of his Freedom of Information Law requests turned up the revelation that the Atlantic Yards design guidelines were created by none other than the developer's own designer, Frank Gehry.
Posted by lumi at March 17, 2009 5:56 AM