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December 7, 2011
THE SKINNY ON BUILD: THE SUCK JUST KEEPS GETTING SUCKIER
F**ked in Park Slope
The Atlantic Yards is the GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING THE WHOLE YEAR. It's just so easy to hate the project because everyone associated with that giant wicker rat's nest sucks just as hard as Bruce Ratner does. According to LAST THURSDAY'S BROOKLYN PAPER, BROOKLYN UNITED FOR INNOVATIVE LOCAL DEVELOP (BUILD) was promised 1,500 jobs a year over the Atlantic Yards 10-year construction period. They saw only 15 jobs this year.
In the past, members of BUILD could be seen at anti-Atlantic Yards demonstrations, where they showed support for the project because of the bolster in jobs it would provide for local workers. Well guys, you all got duped because that amounted to a big, fat, nothing. As a result of the lack of promised jobs, residents and members of BUILD FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST RATNER AND EXECUTIVES AT BUILD for not delivering what they promised, including union memberships if workers attended a 15 week training program.
NoLandGrab: The total number of construction jobs promised, 1,500 a year for 10 years (later revised to 1,700 a year), weren't all promised to BUILD members; only a fraction of the jobs were expected to go to BUILD trainees. But it's safe to say that the number was much greater than 15.
Posted by eric at December 7, 2011 11:10 AM