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March 3, 2009
Schumer touts stimulus funds for Moynihan Station, waves off question on Atlantic Yards
Atlantic Yards Report
Senator Charles Schumer brushes off Norman Oder's question about Atlantic Yards.
...I wanted to ask him about Atlantic Yards, given that, a little more than two weeks ago, Schumer expressed quizzical ignorance regarding whether AY would be eligible for stimulus funds.
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He also took a few questions from reporters, answering in some detail.When I finally got to him, he was less expansive. I told him I wrote a blog about Atlantic Yards and prefaced my question by stating that "Marty wants to use federal stimulus money for the railyards."
"Marty who?" asked Schumer, his mind apparently not on parochial borough politics.
"Marty Markowitz," I replied.
"I don't know," Schumer said dismissively, the statement responding (I think) to the propriety of the question rather than the policy issue. "I'm not--"
An aide interjected, saying it was time to go. And that was it.
NoLandGrab: Given two opportunities in the past couple weeks to say something positive about Atlantic Yards, Chuck Schumer has twice demurred. Has New York's senior Senator lost faith, or is the project now so unpopular that he has to keep his lips zipped?
Posted by lumi at March 3, 2009 4:18 AM