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July 29, 2011
Brooklynites Who Once Supported Atlantic Yards Switch Sides, Claiming Broken Promises
Runnin' Scared
by Zoe So
Across the street from the under-construction Atlantic Yards stadium, the future home of the Nets in Prospect Heights, a group of about 100 Brooklynites gathered yesterday to protest several large development projects in the neighborhood which they say have not delivered the promised job and contracts to the local community.
...The project was presented as "a win and double-win situation" for the developers and community, said Robert E. Cornegy, Jr, the Democratic District Leader in neighboring Bed-Stuy who was present at the rally. "But we got hosed," Cornegy said.
NoLandGrab: Folks who failed to smell something rotten when "win and double-win" and "New Jersey Nets" were combined in the same deal really have only themselves to blame. Maybe, just maybe, they should have been taking NoLandGrab to heart.
Posted by eric at July 29, 2011 12:07 PM