District 39, Brooklyn (Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Borough Park): The top three candidates to replace Councilman Bill de Blasio, who is running for public advocate, are a remarkable group. Josh Skaller, a former Harvard composer of computer music, has made a name fighting big development in the area. Bob Zuckerman, a former director of the Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation, is an activist for environmental issues and gay rights. But it is Brad Lander who has the stronger history of working with the diverse issues the Council addresses. As the former director of the Pratt Center for Community Development and longtime director of the Fifth Avenue Committee, Mr. Lander has worked for affordable housing and for more jobs, parks, mass transit and other community needs. We endorse Mr. Lander.
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Comment from Real Reform Brooklyn
Time: September 5, 2009, 6:32 pm
We think that the endorsement is, at best, lukewarm. We also think that the real back story is Atlantic Yards and Simon towing the line for the Times’s development partner – Forest City Ratner.
Check out our view of the matter http://www.realreformbrooklyn.wordpress.com
You should also see Norman Oder’s spin at http://www.atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com
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