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April 24, 2010
The Goldstein Legacy: Man of principle or sellout?
The Brooklyn Paper
By Stephen Brown
This article includes achievements of Atlantic Yards opponents.
“We’ve done a lot of what the media should have been doing — what well established good-government groups should have done,” Goldstein said. “Watchdogging minute details of an attenuated process. Every false statement, exaggeration and broken promise has been exposed.”
So, what concrete accomplishments can Goldstein and his Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn actually point to?
“We have convinced nearly all good people of good will that the project is a sham and a poster child for the wrong way to develop cities,” Goldstein said. “We shined a bright light on the way eminent domain is abused in New York State to the point where there is now a legislative effort … to reform the state’s laws.
“We’ve exposed the way eminent domain is used and abused in New York as a tool for the most powerful interests in the state,” he added. “It’s on everyone’s radar. … I don’t think any developer will try to things this way again.”
Posted by steve at April 24, 2010 8:13 AM