This from Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn:
12:00 Noon
BROOKLYN, ATLANTIC YARDS LAND GRAB
PRESS CONFERENCE CITY HALL STEPS
Elected Officials and the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods Renew Call for Independent Security Study of Atlantic Yards
State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, State Assembly Member Joan Millman, a representative of State Assembly Member Jim Brennan, City Council Members Letitia James, David Yassky and Bill de Blasio, and representatives of the Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods (CBN) will hold a press conference on the steps of City Hall to renew a call for an independent security study of the planned Brooklyn Atlantic Yards project, and especially its basketball arena, in light of this week’s revelation that portions of the glass-walled arena and other adjacent glass-walled buildings would lie a mere 20 feet from heavily trafficked Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues. Newark police officials recently mandated the closing of streets adjacent to that city’s new Prudential Center during arena events; those streets are approximately 25 feet from that arena’s walls.
If you lived or had to travel anywhere nearby you would realize that street closures on top of the existing traffic problems would be a complete disaster.
No question this is JUST the anti AY crowd with yet another desperate attempt to slow down the project.
The latest and most likely last tenants’ case was thrown out so this NON-ISSUE is all they have.
Sad watching politicos using the residents for their own political agendas.