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December 23, 2009
EMINENT DOMAINIA: The Big Apple Bites!
Courier-Life Publications, Broadway Triangle a Council 'hit'
By Aaron Short
On the last day of the 2009 session, the City Council passed the Broadway Triangle rezoning plan by an overwhelming margin, 36 voting yes, 10 no, with 4 abstensions, ending months of political wrangling and demonstrations.
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In likely his final act as a Council member, David Yassky (D-Williamsburg) urged his colleagues to support the Broadway Triangle rezoning, which they largely did,“This is not an Atlantic Yards situation where ULURP was circumvented. It went through full ULURP process and had dozens of public and semi-public meetings in the decade leading up to this. Anybody who wanted to put up an alternative proposal for this site has had their plan heard and not necessarily adopted.”
NoLandGrab: Um David, just like Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project, Broadway Triangle is using the threat of eminent domain to take property from business owners, which is not even mentioned in the article.
Posted by lumi at December 23, 2009 5:35 AM