Calls for a Subsidiary to Oversee Atlantic Yards

On Saturday there was a meeting in which elected officials and community members gathered to discuss a bill that would create a subsidiary appointed by the Empire State Development Corporation to oversee Atlantic Yards development. The bill, which is sponsored by Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, is currently in committee, and it’s unclear whether it will be voted on before the Legislature’s summer recess begins on June 20th. NY1 quotes Jeffries as saying a subsidiary is needed “to create a structure, legislatively, where we can have public involvement, transparency, and participation.” Patch, which also covered the meeting, quotes the Fifth Avenue Committee’s Michelle de la Uz as saying the following: “We were promised 2,200 units of affordable housing, jobs and open spaces. All of these pieces have been delayed.” And Atlantic Yards Report notes that other large development projects, such as Brooklyn Bridge Park “have their own governance entities.”
1 Week Left to Get the State Legislature to Pass a Bill Establishing a Subsidiary to Oversee Atlantic Yards [AY Report]
In the Fight Against Atlantic Yards, Community Enters a New Phase [Patch]
Lawmakers Demand Public Oversight For Atlantic Yards Project [NY1]
Photo by Tracy Collins