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November 11, 2009
The first ESDC stamp of approval
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We posted a text link to this clip on Sunday, but the Battle of Brooklyn filmmakers sent us a YouTube link so we could embed it here for easier viewing.
The scene: the Empire State Development Corporation Board's don't-blink-or-you'll-miss-it deliberations and approval of the Atlantic Yards project on December 8th, 2006.
Several years ago in a galaxy far far away a group of government officials got together to approve a multi billion dollar project and in discussing it - it was very clear that few if any of them had visited the site... or even the borough of Brooklyn to gauge the validity of the facts presented to them. I'd like to say that there was a vigorous discussion back and forth about the merits of the project, the legality of the process, and the viability of the project. There wasn't. The meeting wasn't too long- but this isn't it in it's entirety. I would say it's the meeting in a nutshell.
Posted by eric at November 11, 2009 11:12 AM