ESDC Certifies Yards Environmental Report
As expected, the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) Board of Directors certified the Atlantic Yards Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) at their meeting yesterday. While the ESDC pointed to cutbacks in the number of apartments and the addition of a school to the plan as evidence of some original thought, critics called the move “a…
As expected, the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) Board of Directors certified the Atlantic Yards Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) at their meeting yesterday. While the ESDC pointed to cutbacks in the number of apartments and the addition of a school to the plan as evidence of some original thought, critics called the move “a rubber stamp.” So, what now? The Board must wait at least ten days Final EIS as well as the associated General Project Plan and the Eminent Domain Procedure Law findings. The last requirement after that is a unanimous vote from the state Public Authorities Control Board (PACB), which is controlled by the Governor, the Assembly Speaker, and Senate Majority Leader. The big question here is whether Pataki will get a chance to sign off on the deal before he leaves office or whether Eliot Spitzer may get to be involved. For a dissection of yesterday’s certification, check out Norman Oder’s Atlantic Yards Report.
Final EIS Coming Today [AY Report]
Atlantic Yards Myth #1 [AY Report]
Atlantic Yards Myth #2 [AY Report]
Main Lawn Grows to 1/3 Acre [AY Report]
Office Jobs Fall from 10K to 375 [AY Report]
FEIS defends Atlantic Yards [AY Report]
Miss Brooklyn Would Dwarf W’burgh Bank [AY Report]
Final Environmental Impact Study Released [WNYC]
5:24 you must be kidding me. The MCI Center, home to the NBA Wizard, NHL Capitals and WNBA Mystic, is a prime example of how an arena can be used to promote economic growth and development. The arena was the cornerstone of the entire Downtown DC development initiative and it was a major success. The once dilapidated and depressed area is now thriving and full of residential and commercial activity. You simple make no sense at all.
Please get off of the computer, go back to your room and do your homework before your parents get home! ;-(
is this really a done deal as they would say? Can AY be stopped? what are the likelihood of that happening? Has dddb closed shop and all gone home? How effective can the court case/injunction be at this point? I used to be sidelined too but I’m beginning to think that this might not be a good thing for brooklyn.
Right on, 5:12.
No transparency/rushed process/3 men in a room/(The Public Authorities Control Board)/continuous lies/race baiting/no credible coverage from the NY Times…do i need to continue?
Anyone who thinks that this process has been fair is living in a dream world.
all the pro AY comments on this thread are SICKENING! glad you work in the “buldge bracket”, and even more glad i don’t. hope you enjoy your soul-less life of segregation and cash, go Harvard! RAH RAH RAH!
LOL 2:27, right on. And an even bigger LOL to 3:12 who didn’t get it. I just love the blogosphere.
anonymous 3:12 here. Of course my comment about the desirabilty of living next to a sports stadium was a joke. The area around a stadium is always a terrible place to live. usually traffic congested hell and nothing buy chain restuarants and parking garages.
Would add that anonymous 12:35 bulge bracket investment banker has no idea what he’s talking about. Carlyle Group is not investing in Brooklyn because they think Ratner’s AY will boost real estate values. They and Extell Development have proposed a competing plan to Ratner’s AY which is less dense and focused on housing (no arena etc.).
Notice, it’s almost closing time (work-day) and we’ve witnessed history in the making. For the first time ever on brownstoner, a thread on AY didn’t run over 70 comments. In fact, it has barely made 20 yet. No nastiness. No troll activities. I wonder what finally shut them up. Ratner should really fire them.
I don’t think this thread is light because people have grown weary of the subject. Or because they are scared of being called names. Brooklynites are very opinionated. So name calling and accusations is hardly a deterrent.
I for one am completely turned off by the gutter tactics employed by rat-ner.
Yes, you can be sensible and educated and still support AY. No one is suggesting that.
Increasingly people are wising up to the fact that this project is being rushed through the process as if it had its own h.o.v. lane or v.i.p. velvet rope. It’s being rammed down our throat like some awful medicine that we have to take because the patronizing guardians who informs us that they are looking out for our well-being believes that it is for the benefit of the public; it’s a panacea that will rid us of our ailments, namely urban blight, lack of housing (affordable ones at that), lack of jobs, crime, etc.
I wrote the third comment, predicting that people would accuse any pro-AY posters of being employed by Ratner. And, of course, they did. So predictable!
Seriously, though, to get paid good money to read and post on blogs? Talk about a dream job!
I think anon 2:27 was making a joke.