Posted Mar 8, 2013, 7:51 PM
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http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/36/10/all_yardsgetitdone_2013_03_08_bk.html
Atlantic Yards foes: Finish this project sooner rather than even later
By Eli Rosenberg
March 7, 2013
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Atlantic Yards critics and supporters have finally found something they can agree on: Forest City Ratner needs to get the job done already.
Project foes are pressing the developer to finish the second phase of the much-delayed mega-project — 11 residential towers between Sixth and Vanderbilt avenues currently scheduled to take 15 years longer to complete than initially planned — within the original 10-year window.
“Twenty five years is too long to wait for the open space that was promised to the public as a benefit and that we have paid hundreds of million dollars for in government aid and zoning overrides,” said Danae Oratowski, the chairwoman of the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council during a court-mandated forum last week on the potential impact of a quarter-century of construction.
Finishing the project sooner rather than even later wouldn’t just deliver its much-hyped but not-yet material perks — it would also spare neighbors a generation of construction-related headaches.
If Forest City Ratner can’t wrap things up within the original timeline, critics said Empire State Development, which oversees the project, should divvy up the development among other builders.
“[Empire State Development] needs to develop alternatives for building out in 10 years, perhaps with different developers if current developers are unwilling,” said long-time development critic Jim Vogel.
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