Marty Axes CB6 Members Who Opposed AY Project
In a move likely to cloud his legacy as the Brooklyn’s biggest professional cheerleader, Borough President Marty Markowitz purged Community Board 6 yesterday of nine members, apparently as retribution for having voted against the proposed plan for the Atlantic Yards project back in September 2006. I’m rather disappointed. I think that it could have been…
In a move likely to cloud his legacy as the Brooklyn’s biggest professional cheerleader, Borough President Marty Markowitz purged Community Board 6 yesterday of nine members, apparently as retribution for having voted against the proposed plan for the Atlantic Yards project back in September 2006. I’m rather disappointed. I think that it could have been handled better and I think that I will continue to work for my community and the greater good of the community through the Community Board, Jerry Armer, who had served on CB6 for more than two decades, told the NY Observer. What we were doing was giving the community a voice and reflecting the community. Today on the Atlantic Yard Report, Norman Oder notes that Armer and other dismissed members purposefully did not align themselves with the most vocal opponents of the project. Instead, Oder notes, he “participated in numerous meetings of the Brooklyn Borough Board Atlantic Yards Committee, cordially raising some worthy questions…He spoke courteously, even ponderously, in testimony to the Empire State Development Corporation.” What an embarrassment.
Project’s Foes Shown Door in Brooklyn [NY Times]
Markowitz Purges Community Board 6 [NY Observer]
The Ironies of the CB 6 Purge [AY Report]
Arena Foes Slam Dunked [NY Post]
CB6 Letter, 9/29/06 [DDDB]
11:34 is the sole reason why AY is being built.
psychos like this with insanely assinine doom and scare tactics (most of which are false) caused the entire opposition to lose credibilty.
thanks, 11:34. and yes, i live in the area and no i don’t for one second believe that 90% of what you just said will be the case.
as someone said, this is brooklyn, not the berkshires. wake up.
“the idea in Brooklyn” … who’s idea are we talking about exactly?
This squabbling over ARENA vs. STADIUM reminds me of AY opponents’ silly quest to make a distinction between Prospect Heights and Downtown Brooklyn. A lot of energy channeled into something that amounts to a big fat zero in the real world.
Again, I’ve noticed that AY opponents have shifted gears from predicting victory in court to predicting armageddon in Brooklyn. Why the shift, folks? I thought you were supremely confident that your lawsuits would prevail.
They’re rebuilding Yankee stadium, have you seen the plans? it looks a little like the old Ebbets field, how nutty is that? But the old Yankee stadium was built in the heart of the Bronx, near the boro hall and at the foot of the Grand Concourse, they did not build it in some backwater.
Two subway lines service it and it is on the Major Deegan Expressway. The idea in Brooklyn was not to build a new expressway but to locate the stadium on a mass-transit hub that connects it with the rest of the city and Long Island. New Jersyans just take the PATH and then a subway. Makes a lot of sense really.
victory awaits.
enjoy your little laugh-fest guys. Make sure you have a bucket nearby because the tears are on the way.
They should relocate Ratner to the Brooklyn Detention Center.
I agree 12:50. Ratner doesn’t need to locate the STADIUM near a transportation hub. As long as there a 1 or 2 train lines and multiple bus routes, fans will be able to get to and from . That’s why Coney Island would be a great choice. It will instantly revitalize the area and provide economic incentive for other business to relocate to the area. I also think that it makes perfectly good sense to relocate the Brooklyn Detention Center to Coney Island too.
welcome to the feudal society of lords and robber barrons.
Why do you people think that Brooklyn will even support a basketball team? It can’t. We lost the Dodgers because Brooklyn is not a sports town and would not support the team. The same thing will happen with the Nets. When the team inevitably suffers financial ruin and moves out, what will fill the gaping hole? Nothing. The STADIUM will shut down and become a beacon for all sorts of criminal elements and activities. Furthermore, it will become an eyesore and drag down everything around in. Independent studies have already shown that a basketball team and STADIUM would not succeed in Brooklyn. Brooklynites will not support this team. The STADIUM will never sellout and I predict will have the lowest attendance record in the NBA. Ratner will lose his entire investment on this deal simply because he’s trying to put this team in downtown Brooklyn. He should keep it in New Jersey. I’m sure the players would feel even more comfortable in Newark then in Brooklyn and that city would support them.