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December 18, 2011
Marty Markowitz on THE PEREZ NOTES Part 2.
The Perez Notes
I had the opportunity to interview, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. Here are some of his views, on the issues of the day. Below the quotes, is the audio of the interview.
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Atlantic Yards
"If the folks that opposed this, hadn't tied the project up for 7 years in litigation Atlantic Yards a good piece of it would've built. The affordable housing would've been on it's way. The Nets would be playing in the arena and defeating the Manhattan Knicks."
"The folks that were impacted by eminent domain, overwhelmingly most of them did very well. The folks that are the loudest complainers, folks could argue are the gentrifiers."
"I have significant reservations about permit parking, about resident parking only, I don't think it could work."
NoLandGrab: Marty can believe what he wants, but even developer Bruce Ratner doesn't see how affordable housing can be part of the Atlantic Yards project.
Posted by steve at December 18, 2011 5:43 PM