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July 26, 2011
Meeting Held About Atlantic Yards Rodent Problem
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
The Eagle has landed... on this story a couple weeks behind everybody else.
Last week, Councilwoman Letitia James, representatives from Councilman Steve Levin’s and state Senator Velmanette Montgomery’s offices and other community leaders met with representatives of the Empire State Development Corp., city agencies and Forest City Ratner Companies (FCR) at a meeting in Brooklyn.
The meeting’s focus was on rodent infestation, which has become a serious concern in the Atlantic Yards footprint and surrounding community.
Recently, neighbors of Dean Street near the Atlantic Yards project have reported cat-size rats and an uptick in the rat population. Many have expressed concerns about the rodent population’s increase in the neighboring homes and streets surrounding the construction site.
Many people say that rats have not been a problem until the arena’s construction, while others have referred to it as a “rat tsunami.”
Posted by eric at July 26, 2011 11:25 AM