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Friday, September 01, 2006
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED
This from New York 1:
Those who oppose the new Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn now have some extra time to voice their concerns.
At a public hearing last week, many of the people who oppose the project said they didn't have enough time to review the 4,000 page proposal.
The Empire State Development Corporation announced Thursday that the public comment period will be extended an extra week to September 29th.
After the public comment period ends, the plan will go before the Development Corporation for a vote before going to the Public Authority Control Board, the same board that killed the proposed West Side stadium plan.
The $4.2-billion project would redevelop 22 acres over and around the MTA rail yards in Brooklyn, including a new basketball arena for the New Jersey Nets.
September 1, 2006 in Postcard from the Slope | Permalink
Comments
Don't be taken in by the spin. The reason that they ESDC had to extend the comment period by a mere seven days was that they scheduled another "community forum" and accidentally ran afoul with the State's Environmental Review Law.
DDDB's lawyer, Jeff Baker, sent a letter explaining that legally the additional "community forum" walked and squawked like a "public hearing" and therefore, in accordance to law, the public comment period must be held open for 10 days after the last public hearing, oops we meant "community forum."
Two days after the letter was sent and released to the public, the ESDC caved.
See NoLandGrab for Brooklyn Papers coverage and DDDB's letter.
Posted by: NoLandGrab | Sep 1, 2006 8:58:17 AM
