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January 12, 2010
On Brian Lehrer Show, NYC EDC's Pinsky avoids AY CBA discussion, misrepresents railyard, and claims he lives "a few blocks" from the site
Atlantic Yards Report
On yesterday's Brian Lehrer Show, Seth Pinsky, president of the New York City Economic Development Corporation, discussed Mayor Bloomberg's economic agenda and, not surprisingly, defended the city's posture on Atlantic Yards.
But his presentation was full of contradictions. Notably, Pinsky defended Community Benefits Agreements (CBA) only if they operate in an accountable fashion very different from the process behind the Atlantic Yards CBA.
He claimed, without foundation, that the "vast majority" of land in the Atlantic Yards site was a vacant railyard.
He expressed no doubt that 4500 affordable housing units would be built, though there's no assurance subsidies would be available.
And he claimed, in an exaggeration, that he lived just "a few blocks" from the site.
Posted by eric at January 12, 2010 9:48 AM