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November 3, 2009
On Election Day, a Bloomberg story: the mayor disavows influence on Atlantic Yards
Atlantic Yards Report
Peter Krashes, former president of the Dean Street Block Association, encountered Mayor Mike Bloomberg on the campaign trail two Saturdays ago at the Grand Army Plaza Farmers Market.
Krashes told the mayor that neighbors near the Atlantic Yards footprint had problems with ongoing construction activities. Bloomberg responded that there wasn't much the city could do.
"He specifically said it's a state project and the city doesn't have much sway or influence," Krashes recalled. "I told him I didn't think that was true. From what I hear, you are pushing quite hard on the project."
(After all, didn't his MTA appointees lead the charge for the revision of the Vanderbilt Yard deal?)
"I said I didn't believe the project had a public benefit." Krashes recalled, "and I asked him what he thought it was." The conversation ended, however, as campaign aides stepped in and moved Bloomberg along to another appointment.
Posted by lumi at November 3, 2009 5:36 AM