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Subject: Wondering What's Up with Atlantic Yards?
Tomorrow will be the first-ever review of the project by the NYS Senate: “Atlantic Yards: Where Are We Now, How Did We Get There, and Where is this Project Going?”, with testimony from a variety of people. Date and Time: May 29, 2009 1:00 PM Location: Higgins Hall, Pratt Institute 61 St. James Place Brooklyn, NY 11238 (C or G train to Clinton/Washington) Date and Time: May 29, 2009 – 1:00 PM WHO: NYS Senator Bill Perkins, Chair of the Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions; Committee Members Martin Malavé Dilan, William J. Larkin Jr., Hiram Monserrate, Michael H. Ranzenhofer, Daniel L. Squadron; NYS Senator Velmanette Montgomery The following have been invited to testify, the agencies are expected to testify, but it is not yet known if Forest City Ratner will testify: > Empire State Development Corporation CEO Marisa Lago. > Metropolitan Transportation Authority Interim Chair and LIRR President Helena Williams. > Forest City Ratner Corporation Chairman Bruce Ratner. > NYC Economic Development Corporation President Seth Pinsky. > NYC Department of Transportation. > Other City and State Agencies and Officials. > Environmental, Planning, Legal and Social Justice Witnesses. > Members of Communities Impacted by the Proposed Project. Purpose: This hearing will trace the history of the Atlantic Yards project to determine its current status. The Committee's intent is to examine the process by which decisions are made, to understand where the project is now, and to envision where this project might lead. Issues involved include but are not limited to whether this is the best possible deal for taxpayers and the local community; whether the use of eminent domain is necessary and is it being exercised responsibly; the meaning and use of the concept of "blight" in condemnations; what is a "public benefit" sufficient to justify massive state action; and what are the financials?Brooklynian » Forum » Prospect Heights »
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It sounds rather like the old joke about the guy asking for directions and being told "well, I wouldn't start from here".
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Why do they always schedule this sort of thing at a time when they know most of us are at work?
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Perhaps these days because they expect the blogosphere will broadcast it every which way possible and so it hardly matters when the actual event takes place. Or wait, that would imply thinking. Okay, I'll fall back to whenever it suits them.
Speaking of which, I wonder if there will be any video highlights posted anywhere, and am curious to see the various ways this is covered out there.i extend my battery life by turning down the brightness -
maybe because they are at work by testifying? and i doubt they want to give up their friday night for work. this isn't an open forum, right? it's not for the public to speak at. so it's during the work day because they're at work. i assume.
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I went to the hearing today with my 9 month-old baby. The pro-Ratner union guys were out in front with bullhorns and whistles. Since there was a line to get in, I asked them politely to be quieter for the sake of my baby. They responded with more whistles, bullhorns and added in some insults to boot. I have no problem with harsh arguments, but I am am angry about callous and harmful actions threatening my girl.
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the four-o'clock horn sounded
return to their master they all did
as they had done
so many times beforedestination: roam -
raulism » I went to the hearing today with my 9 month-old baby. The pro-Ratner union guys were out in front with bullhorns and whistles. Since there was a line to get in, I asked them politely to be quieter for the sake of my baby. They responded with more whistles, bullhorns and added in some insults to boot. I have no problem with harsh arguments, but I am am angry about callous and harmful actions threatening my girl.
Really makes me love the project even more. Gag. Nothing like a bullhorn in a baby's face to get your point across. Especially when your point bulldozed homes and displaced residents by the dozen. Hope your little one's not too traumatized, raulism. At least she's too young to understand the social ramifications of Atlantic Yards... the blasts from the bullhorn won't scar her nearly as much as that would have.Be the change you want to see in the... neighborhood. -
I have calmed down a little bit, and if anyone was traumatized, it was me. Charlotte seemed to have enjoyed the meeting more than anyone there, though not as much as she enjoys sweet potatoes being grated: Also, congrats to Karl the Druid for top billing on NLG! See http://www.nolandgrab.org/archives/2009/05/the_time_machin.html
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