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July 30, 2009
Hearings on Atlantic Yards Development Continue
WNYC Radio
by Matthew Schuerman
Public hearings on the latest plans for the Atlantic Yards development in Brooklyn continue today. At yesterday's hearing, Bob Zuckerman, who's running to represent a City Council district adjacent to the project's footprint, criticized many of the changes made to the proposal, since it was first approved three years ago.
Zuckerman: Several years ago, 16 buildings and an arena by 2016. Now one building, and an arena by 2012. How much affordable housing are we going to get?
...REPORTER: The Empire State Development Corporation has to hold the hearings, because it's allowing developer Forest City Ratner to purchase the property more slowly than originally planned. The ESDC is expected to approve the revisions in September.
Posted by eric at July 30, 2009 12:41 PM