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September 26, 2009
Pols Need to Answer Some Serious Questions on Ratner's Latest Bait and Switch
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
DDDB's introduction to a story by Josh Alper from NBC New York asks some pointed questions.
Putting aside legal questions, what are the ethics and policy principles of subsidizing the 40th richest man in the world with city, local and federal financial gifts, as well as a highly controversial use of eminent domain?
Add to that, that the beneficiary of all of this largesse on the backs of the public hit the scene less than one week after the Empire State Development Corporation re-rubberstamped Atlantic Yards. Does ANYBODY think that Ratner and the ESDC didn't know about the Prokhorov deal prior to that vote?
We've got our answers, and it sounds like Josh Alper below has his, but what about our elected officials on city, state and federal levels? Shouldn't they be asked?
Posted by steve at September 26, 2009 8:03 AM