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February 17, 2011
Credulous Daily News columnist Denis Hamill asserts "Atlantic Yards" dream real for Ratner, buys into Ratner spin, fails to check facts
Atlantic Yards Report
Norman Oder takes apart Denis Hamill's love letter to Bruce Ratner.
Denis Hamill, the Daily News's most prominent Atlantic Yards apologist, today pens a fabulist valentine to Bruce Ratner, headlined Atlantic Yards and the Nets Barclays Arena dream real for Bruce Ratner - after 7-yr. nightmare.
First, let's check the headline. The arena might be happening, but Atlantic Yards isn't very real at all. Hamill couldn't be bothered to check, but the much-ballyhooed affordable housing is yet again delayed.
And instead of taking ten years, as Ratner repeatedly promised, the project more likely would take 25.
But that's not why--I suspect--Forest City Ratner reached out to the convenient Hamill. They need to sell some suites, and some sponsorships.
Read on for Oder's line-by-line takedown.
Posted by eric at February 17, 2011 11:11 AM