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February 25, 2012
Betsy Gotbaum's birthday present for Bruce Ratner: a letter to the Times
Atlantic Yards Report
Remember how former Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum wrote that fawning letter to the New York Times last month defending Bruce Ratner from the slings and arrows of columnist Michael Powell?
Well, it was published on Wednesday, 1/18/12, and thus made a nice--if unintended as such--birthday present for Ratner. I just noticed that the New York Post reported 1/20/12 on its Page Six gossip column:
We hear...
That Bruce Ratner, developer of Brooklyn’s Barclays Center for the Nets, had a surprise birthday party at Stand Up New York on West 78th Street on Wednesday. Marty Markowitz and wife Jamie, Betsy Gotbaum, journo Lizzy Ratner (Bruce’s daughter) and Fox News’ Ellen Ratner (his sister) were among a group of 30.So, Markowitz and his wife made the top 30?
NoLandGrab: Marty achieved his top 30 status by taking a big "number two" all over Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
Posted by steve at February 25, 2012 11:09 PM