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July 27, 2011
Some Atlantic Yard supporters are now changing their tune
NY Daily News Sports ITeam Blog
by Michael O'Keeffe
Atlantic Yard Report blogger Norman Oder reports that some of the loudest supporters of Bruce Ratner's basketball arena and the rest of his massive development scheme have finally figured out that all those promises of jobs, jobs, jobs were BS, BS, BS.
"Saying 'We need jobs, not broken promises,' a group that loudly and sometimes disruptively rallied in support for Atlantic Yards is changing its tune, organizing a public protest on July 27 outside the in-progress Barclays Center site and nearby Downtown Brooklyn-area construction sites," Oder writes.
"The rally, aimed to start at the corner of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues at 9:30 a.m., is sponsored by P.P.E.E. (People for Political and Economic Empowerment), which helps train and place hard-to-employ people, some of them ex-convicts, in construction work.
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ATLANTIC YARDSVILLE—The heat can't stop the anti-Atlantic Yards sentiment—it just comes out earlier in the morning. People for Political and Economic Empowerment will be holding a rally at 9:30 tomorrow morning "to protest the lack of promised jobs at Forest City Ratner's Atlantic Yards site and other development sites in the greater Downtown Brooklyn area," according to a press release from Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn. The rally will start at the corner of Atlantic and Sixth avenues.
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, July 27: Disaffected Atlantic Yards Supporters to Protest Lack of Jobs at Project Site
It is a shame that Ratner treats his (former) supporters in such a way that now they need to rally to protest his broken promises...even though it was predictable. We are certain the folks rallying tomorrow would be happy to have others join in solidarity.
Posted by eric at July 27, 2011 10:03 AM