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June 18, 2009
David Yassky Weasels on Atlantic Yards
Daily Gotham
Among Atlantic Yards watchdogs, David Yassky is notorious for trying to have it both ways (aka "The Yassky-Nossky"). These days, he's not too proud of his track record and is trying to recast himself as an anti-project crusader.
Daily Gotham blogger "Mole333" takes readers down memory lane:
During the campaign for Congress, Yassky had a habit of doing favors for supporters.... Similarly, right after Yassky was endorsed by BUILD President James Caldwell, a Ratner ally, Yassky proposed relieving Ratner of his promise to fund BUILD and instead funding it with city money. This second devil's bargain seemed to ally Yassky with Ratner, and given his weak language regarding Atlantic Yards, most voters assumed Yassky was pro-Atlantic Yards.
I always said that had Yassky been stronger on that one issue, he could have won the Congressional race. Instead he weaseled, and lost.
NoLandGrab.org: This should come as no surprise. Remember, this is the City Councilmember who first proposed that the extension of term limits be decided by a voter referendum. That didn't pass, so he (naturally) cast his own vote in support of the extension.
Posted by lumi at June 18, 2009 6:29 AM