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June 7, 2012
Will Forest City Residential Try to Railroad New Rochelle's Echo Bay Proposal?
Talk of the Sound
by Peggy Godfrey
The author confuses Atlantic Yards with the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but gets the main points right: Forest City's projects have been plagued by controversy — and they're not to be trusted.
Echo Bay development "could be good or bad," depending on how honestly the public is dealt with. Contrasting Forest City Ratner to Louis Cappelli, he said Cappelli came to every meeting and was open with the community. But Forest City Residential was trying to railroad a project against a community overwhelmingly against it. Citing the approximately 40 people in attendance at the New Rochelle Citizens Reform Club Meeting where he spoke on May 22, he said developers like Forest City Ratner depend upon residents not being aware of what is going on in the community. In Yonkers Forest City Ratner used closed door meetings and executive sessions, while Alfred Del Bello, lawyer for Cross County's expansion, would meet with the public.
Posted by eric at June 7, 2012 10:42 AM