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March 20, 2009
Delia Hunley-Adossa: The Candidate Speaks
The Local (Fort Greene/Clinton Hill) [NY Times blog]
by Andy Newman
While The Local couldn't get in to the kick-off event last night for Delia Hunley-Adossa's campaign to unseat City Council Member (and staunch Atlantic Yards opponent) Tish James, one attendee recorded the proceedings and passed it along.
Guess which Brooklyn megadevelopment project did not make a cameo.
Ms. Hunley-Adossa, 52, is a prominent supporter of the Atlantic Yards project, which if it gets built is expected to create thousands of construction jobs. As the executive director of a non-profit called Brooklyn Endeavor Experience, she is the chairwoman of the committee of nonprofits that signed the Community Benefits Agreement with Forest City Ratner.
...Although Atlantic Yards is the most obvious point of divergence between Ms. Hunley-Adossa and Ms. James, one of the few politicians in the city who opposes the project, Ms. Hunley-Adossa did not mention Atlantic Yards in her 15-minute speech last night.
NoLandGrab: What does it say about the state of backing for Atlantic Yards when a "prominent supporter" of the project, running against the most outspoken officeholding opponent of that project, avoids even mentioning the project at her campaign's launch event?
And as one commenter points out, if Tish James is "one of the few politicians in the city who opposes the project," where have all the supporters gone?
More coverage...
Atlantic Yards Report, Who's supporting Hunley-Adossa against James in the 35th? Construction unions
Well, challenger Delia Hunley-Adossa may or may not garner direct support from employees of Atlantic Yards developer Forest City Ratner in her challenge to unseat incumbent Letitia James in the race for the 35th District seat in the City Council, but, thanks to the New York Times's blog The Local, we know who is supporting her: construction unions that have rallied in support of the project.
Posted by eric at March 20, 2009 11:36 AM