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Without Knowing Subsidy Total, How (as the Pratt Center Warned in 2005) Can the Project Be Evaluated?
3+ day, 13+ hour ago (1689+ words) A meeting on Monday should air some questions about the recent Memorandum of Understanding and the pending environmental review Proceeding with a project without knowing the public subsidy total makes it impossible to evaluate, warned the Pratt Center in 2005 In…...
Will the New York Liberty Practice Facility Be Ready By the 2027 WNBA Pre-Season?
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (753+ words) Is it a big deal that the much-hyped New York Liberty practice facility in Greenpoint seems to be behind (one version of) its schedule, jeopardizing hopes to open next spring for the 2027 WNBA pre-season? After all, assuming no serious problems,…...
New “Informational Handout” on Atlantic Yards Omits Mention of Subsidies and Free Bulk
2+ week, 4+ day ago (994+ words) Yesterday, Empire State Development (ESD), the state authority that oversees/shepherds1 Atlantic Yards, launched the environmental review process for the remainder of the project, which includes up to 5,600 apartments on top of the 3,212 already built. As explained below, the presentation was…...
How a Promised 1-Acre Increase in Open Space Became.5-Acre, Outpaced by Tower Expansion
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1720+ words) I’m surprised that the state’s release of a Memorandum of Understanding with the new developers, suggesting open-ended subsidies and extended deadlines, has generated virtually no response beyond my coverage.1 It deserves more attention. This article covers less ground, but it’s…...
Behind the Lull, Much Is Percolating: MOU, Financial Analysis, Draft Scope for the Environmental Review
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (1678+ words) I’ll be talking about Atlantic Yards at about 11 am on Wednesday, Aug. 12, on WBAI, 99.5, on Living for the City, hosted by Michael Haskins. My segment should last about 30 minutes. Since the “Town Hall” Q&A (my coverage) on July 13, it…...
The 2005 Atlantic Yards MOU Was Announced by the Governor & Released to Face Scrutiny
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1756+ words) What a difference 21 years makes in public transparency regarding Atlantic Yards. In 2005, when New York State and New York City signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with developer Forest City Ratner to advance the Atlantic Yards project, some of the…...
How Much Money Does Cirrus Workforce Housing Have, and How Long Will it Last?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1550+ words) Yesterday, a representative of Empire State Development (ESD) told me that the state authority had signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Cirrus and LCOR regarding such things as unit mix, timing, financing, and subsidies. ESD would not, however,…...
Is Atlantic Yards, As Per Gov. Hochul, an "Affordable Housing Development"? Not Really.
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1824+ words) Note: I’ll be on a panel 7-9 pm tonight, “How to be an Informed Local Citizen: Local News, Misinformation, and AI,” at the Old Stone House in Park Slope. Also online via Google Meet. This article excerpts from and builds on…...
The Brooklyn Nets, Social Justice, and (Exiting) Sponsor Qatar Airways, from a Repressive Regime
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (1660+ words) This fall, the Barclays Center will open a new “premium, event-level hospitality space,” replacing what’s now called the Qatar Airways Club and formerly the Calvin Klein Courtside Club. Surely it will come with a new sponsor, as do the latest…...
At Atlantic Yards Town Hall, Talk of Progress, but Some Big Questions Face Distraction, Distortion, and Deflection
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1765+ words) I delayed my coverage of the meeting in part because I was waiting for the recording to be made available. It finally emerged this afternoon. Yes, this is a long article. But the subheadings should help those who skim. The…...