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Comptroller Thompson on Atlantic Yards: "I'm not sure what that project is any longer."
Lots of news last week, so we're doing a little clean up of things we needed
to point to. Here is an astounding quote by City Comptroller (and mayoral candidate)
William Thompson made at a panel discussion at the New School’s Center for
New York City Affairs titled "Maintaining Momentum: Can New York’s
Ambitious Development Agenda Survive an Economic Downturn." Norman Oder,
on his Atlantic Yards Report was
the only one to report it:
...Moderator Greg David, editor of Crain’s New York Business,
and City Comptroller (and mayoral candidate) William Thompson urged
that the project proceed, while Julia Vitullo-Martin of the Manhattan
Institute (who called the project "corporate socialism") and Brad
Lander of the Pratt Center for Community Development endorsed a rethink, albeit
for somewhat different reasons.
Still, Thompson acknowledged, “I’m not sure what that project
is any longer”and even dangled the hint that it might be revived
by bringing in additional developers, as the city comes to the belated realization
that single-developer projects pose certain dangers. He also agreed that most
projects should go through ULURP, the city’s Uniform Land Use Review Procedure,
rather than state review...
(Emphasis added)
Thompson, who watchdogs city financing and contracts, and wants to be mayor, wants
an unknown project to proceed, no questions asked. (Note: Comptroller Thompson
has never revealed that his office has an understanding of the Atlantic Yards
financing structure, and has never provided a cost benefit analysis.)
Posted: 5.07.08
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