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Local Assemblymembers Call on Silver for Delay
 The
Assemblymembers who surround the proposed "Atlantic Yards" project site–Jim
Brennan, Joan Millman and Annette Robinson–have sent a letter to Assembly
Speaker Silver calling on him to delay the Public Authorities Control Board (PACB)
vote on the project and bring it under review of the Spitzer administration. (Click
here to download the letter.) Specifically they have asked Speaker Silver
for "substantial modifications to the Project and a delay in
approval until those modifications are achieved."
Some of their concerns and reasons why the crucial decision by the PACB needs
more time than the rush treatment underway by the Empire State Development Corporation
(ESDC):
- The project's "extreme density."
- The override of land use laws, which permits the "extreme density"
- The lack of full disclosure of the project's public cost
- The lack of an effective and comprehensive transportation plan
- The absence of housing for individuals earning less than $21,000
- The low percentage of "affordable" housing in Phase One
Atlantic Yards Report has more analysis of the letter to Silver here.
Posted: 11.28.06
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