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February 27, 2012
Bribes, Intimidation, Silencing Opposition "Business as Usual" for Forest City Ratner
Talk of the Sound
by Robert Cox
Dwight R. Worley of the Journal News explains how Noam Bramson's favorite developer operates - bribes, intimidation and silencing communities groups -- which Worley says is "business as usual for Forest City Ratner":
Forest City known for tough political skills around region
...Under Mayor Bramson the New Rochelle City Council has made it routine to make liberal use of executive sessions and highly questionable "2 x 2 x 2" meetings in order to keep discussions with Forest City Ratner executives out of the public eye. This is a bi-partisan failure as both Republicans and Democrats on council have readily accepted this farce to keep discussions of public business with far-ranging implications for New Rochelle residents out of the public eye. Ratner, on the other hand, would not have it any other way.
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