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August 21, 2009
Atlantic Yards Watch
Brooklyn Downtown Star
by Alan Rosner
Prospect Heights resident Alan Rosner, who co-authored a White Paper on Atlantic Yards terrorism and security issues [PDF], expands on testimony he gave at the July 29th ESDC hearing on the project's Modified General Project Plan.
It is time to thank Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly for finally issuing a report that for the first time, in the clearest way, states the city can no longer support Atlantic Yards.
This report, “Engineering Security: Protective Design for High Risk Buildings,” at last provides the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), which oversees the Atlantic Yards project, with both criteria and a method for determining which of the city’s endless potential targets are in the very highest risk category.
Using standards available to anyone, both the Atlantic Yards (AY) Arena and Office Tower rank as high-risk terrorist targets, while the adjacent Atlantic Ave. Station has been a known target since the failed suicide-bombing attempt in August 1997. With three high-value targets all collected in one convenient, easy to reach location, AY, as portrayed in the ESDC’s Modified General Project Plan (MGPP), will immediately become one of the city’s foremost targets.
Posted by eric at August 21, 2009 10:26 AM