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Atlantic Yards would:
Contain the same amount of development as 23 Williamsburgh Savings Banks
Generate over 20,000 new vehicle trips every day with no plan to avoid gridlock
Contain affordable housing that won't be affordable to average Brooklynites
Potentially be built without significant input from New Yorkers
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Elected officials, civic groups to call for reform of AY governance
August 7, 2007
MEDIA ADVISORY
ELECTED OFFICIALS, CITY-WIDE AND BROOKLYN CIVIC AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO CALL ON GOVERNOR SPITZER TO REFORM GOVERNANCE OF ATLANTIC YARDS PROJECT
BROOKLYN, NY - With the lack of transparency, accountability and public involvement in the governance of the Atlantic Yards project continuing to be demonstrated by the recently-released financial assumptions of the project and the proposed amendment carving out the project area from the State’s 421-a reform bill, local elected officials, city-wide and Brooklyn civic and community groups will call on Governor Spitzer to reform the governance of the Atlantic Yards project and release a white paper with a roadmap suggesting how this can be done at 10.30 on Wednesday August 8 at Brooklyn Borough Hall.
WHO: Councilmember Letitia James, Assemblyman Jim Brennan, Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries, and State Senator Velmanette Montgomery and City-wide and Brooklyn organizations active around the Atlantic Yards discussion including the sponsors of the BrooklynSpeaks.net campaign
WHEN: Wednesday, August 8, 2007, 10:30 AM
WHERE: The Rotunda, Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY
Contact: Gib Veconi (917) 881-0401