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April 29, 2009
Finance Commissioner Stark resigns, but the Yankee Stadium issue is ignored
Atlantic Yards Report
More evidence that sex sells. Starkgate has resulted in the resignation of the NYC Finance Commish, but the papers are focusing on her questionable relationship with a subordinate, not the dubious Yankee Stadium land valuations they cooked up, possibly on orders from the Mayor's office, at the expense of taxpayers:
There's a brief mayoral statement. But none of the coverage so far--see, for example, the Times, Daily News, and Crain's--raises any questions about what may be the most significant cloud over Stark and her former subordinate (and current consort) Dara Ottley-Brown: their role in the swift and curious reassessment of the Yankee Stadium site.
NoLandGrab: Look for similar land-value shenanigans for Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards... hopefully without the sex scandal, though that would liven up the public conversation over the Prospect Heights megaproject.
Posted by lumi at April 29, 2009 5:09 AM