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CB 6 Rejects Atlantic Yards
REJECTED
CB6: Ratner’s mega-plan would ‘damage’ Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Papers
Atlantic Yards will cause “irreparable damage to the quality of life in the borough of Brooklyn,” members of Community Board 6 decreed last week, calling for Bruce Ratner’s mega-development to be redrawn before it is approved by state authorities.
In a series of four motions, CB6 crystallized criticisms of the scale and traffic impact of the 16-tower residential, hotel, arena and office-space development.
“Within a quarter-mile [of the arena], the population will increase by 60 percent. No mitigation scheme can prevent the dangers that such overcrowding will create,” said board member Jeff Strabone....
...Their vote is merely advisory, but it signifies the gulf separating borough residents and their local boards who oppose the project from elected officials who support it.
“People of good will can differ, [but] I am confident that as Atlantic Yards becomes a reality, the board’s members will join me, and the majority of Brooklynites, in celebrating this project,” Markowitz said...
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Posted: 9.21.06
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