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August 20, 2009
Next ESDC board meeting: September 17
Atlantic Yards Report
Watchdog Norman Oder is keeping an eye on the Empire State Developerment Corporation's calendar to see when the state agency might have its first shot at "re-approving" Bruce Ratner's controversial Atlantic Yards project:
Thursday, September 17 will be the first opportunity for the board of the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) to re-approve the Atlantic Yards project, assuming that consultant AKRF and internal staffers respond sufficiently to questions raised in response to the 2009 Modified General Project Plan. (Comments are due by August 31.)
From an ESDC press release:
The next meeting of the Board of Directors will tentatively be held on September 17, 2009 at a location to be announced closer to the time of the event.
NoLandGrab: Keep in mind that the "re-approval" is primarily for changes in the financial structure of the project, not for all of the design and programmatic changes that are in the pipeline. Developer Bruce Ratner and the ESDC are trying to satisfy the need for a "re-approval" without triggering the requirement for a new Environmental Impact Statement, which would push out the timeline well past crucial deadlines for financial incentives.
Posted by lumi at August 20, 2009 6:13 AM