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July 22, 2009
A test for the informational meeting tonight: will Forest City Ratner fulfill its pledge to share information?
Atlantic Yards Report
So why is the Atlantic Yards informational meeting, from 6 to 9 pm tonight at Long Island University, important? It's not just that the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) is sending representatives to discuss changes in the Modified General Project Plan, the subject of a two-day official ESDC public hearing next week.
Because Forest City Ratner didn't show up at the state Senate oversight hearing May 29 (and claimed they weren't invited).
Because Forest City Ratner didn't bother to send someone to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority meetings June 22 and June 24.
Because Forest City Ratner hasn't appeared in public to answer AY-related questions for some two-and-a-half years.
Because MaryAnne Gilmartin, the project's current point person, has never answered questions in public (and, I'll bet, won't show up tonight, even though only written questions will be allowed).
When was Forest City Ratner much more transparent? Well, never.
Posted by lumi at July 22, 2009 6:06 AM