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August 21, 2009
Infrastructure First, Development Second
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
by Harold Egeln
An interview with transit advocate and City Council candidate Gary Reilly, who's running in the 39th district.
One of his top issues is over-development and bringing in smart sustainable development emphasizing infrastructure work for basic services and schools along with community input before developers first present their plans. “This is a major concern I hear from voters all over the district after all the ‘wild west’ development we’ve seen,” said Reilly.
On the contentious Atlantic Yards issue, Reilly sees a better use. “I’m for the Vanderbilt Yards development. The open rail yards are a tremendous piece of real estate and the tracks could better serve the alphabet soup of subway lines that intersect there, which the MTA may need,” he said.
The Unity Plan is the best way to go and grow suitable development with affordable housing and right-fit public facilities and commercial uses “attractive to private investment,” Reilly said, rather than the troubled ambitious original plan. “Smart development has happened in other cities, so why not here?”
Posted by eric at August 21, 2009 10:47 AM