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July 6, 2009
She could do better.
Examiner.com
By Matt Arnold
One commentator just woke up to Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner's penchant for bait-and-switch (whadya expect from someone who still thinks that the basketball arena is a "stadium?"), and is having trouble with the idea that taxpayers should be forced to come up with more for less:
The strange thing is that after duping us, Ratner is coming back to New Yorkers and asking for a deal on the financing--on top of the millions of dollars in public support he’s already getting. And the Bloomberg administration appears to be caving in to his demand. It would be one thing if Ratner was financing this whole project himself, had the permits he needed, and decided that he was going to do what he liked with his money. But in this time of severe budget crisis, he’s asking us to dig deeper into our pocket so that he can build this monstrosity.
Posted by lumi at July 6, 2009 5:34 AM