Groups Launch Campaign to Pass Assembly Bill A11395
To Ensure Meaningful Public Oversight, Input in Atlantic Yards

New York, NY – June 16, 2008: A coalition of Brooklyn elected officials and civic groups today gathered on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan today to launch the “Campaign to Reform Atlantic Yards,” an initiative to pass new legislation that would reform the governance of the Atlantic Yards project.

Last August, the sponsors of BrooklynSpeaks.net released a proposal to reform the governance of Atlantic Yards to bring meaningful public oversight and involvement to the project's decision-making.

On Monday, our local legislators plan to launch a campaign to pass legislation that would implement this proposal and reform the project’s governance.

Please join Assembly Members Hakeem Jeffries and James Brennan, Council Members Letitia James and David Yassky and other leaders at the launch this Monday at 10am on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan.

Check out the new slideshow by the Municipal Art Society about the temporary surface parking planned for the site featuring new renderings about the project at AtlanticLots.com!

Saturday May 3 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAY 3 RALLY ASKS GOVERNOR PATERSON TO CALL
TIME OUT ON ATLANTIC YARDS

If you’ve been too busy to get involved with the Atlantic Yards project, unmotivated, or perhaps on the fence…now is the time to say “Whoa! Time out!”

Since the release of the BrooklynSpeaks governance proposal in August 2007, elected officials, government officials, community leaders and members of the public have asked us several questions about the proposal. The following are answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.

1. Is this proposal an attempt to stop or slow down the Atlantic Yards project?

Below is a letter sent by a BrooklynSpeaks.net reader recently to Governor Spitzer:

Dear Governor Spitzer,

You can watch last Wednesday's press conference below and you can click here to read the report issued on that day by the sponsors of BrooklynSpeaks.net. Click here to read the press release released on that day.

Responding to the continued lack of public accountability and involvement with the Atlantic Yards project, elected officials and civic groups today called on the State and the City to overhaul how the Atlantic Yards project is governed.

MEDIA ADVISORY

ELECTED OFFICIALS, CITY-WIDE AND BROOKLYN CIVIC AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO CALL ON GOVERNOR SPITZER TO REFORM GOVERNANCE OF ATLANTIC YARDS PROJECT