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The Partnership for New York City's evolving (and misleading) support for Atlantic Yards
Atlantic Yards Report —
The rebuttal Monday came from Noticing New York's Michael D.D. White. White said: You notice the economy has changed. In a situation like this, this is the time we look to get better deals from the developers and contractors that we deal with. It's something that Forest City Ratner is reportedly doing with its own contractors. We hope you are aware that other state and local governments are finding ways to get more for their money when dealing with developers in this economy. And yet, we are proposing a bailout for a financially weak developer, a deal that is in every way worse for the public and in every way better for the developer. A project of less value under the ...
The Partnership for New York City's evolving (and misleading) support for Atlantic Yards
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Atlantic Yards Report
One project booster is finding it harder to say nice things about Atlantic Yards:
The Partnership for New York City (PFNYC), which exemplifies the business community, is sure straining in its support for Atlantic Yards, dropping previous enthusiasm about Frank Gehry and affordable housing to focus on the goal of building an arena, while misleadingly suggesting that the project as it stands would be generate many permanent jobs.
The PFNYC is essentially the city's Chamber of Commerce, a nonprofit membership organization with some 200 CEOs (“Partners”) from New York City’s "top corporate, ...
