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Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn calls on BrooklynSpeaks to Speak Clearly
Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB) welcomes more voices in the discussion of the “Atlantic Yards” issue.
However, while the BrooklynSpeaks group takes a position on a few of the relevant
issues, they have failed to hear the voice of the community on the issues of the
arena, eminent domain abuse, city oversight of the proposal, the unknown public
cost, the severe environmental impacts, and the lack of affordable housing guarantees.
While DDDB supports a robust debate on the issue of “Atlantic Yards”, we believe
that all groups need to be clear and transparent on their position. BrooklynSpeaks
should be explicit in their support of the arena and their acceptance of the use
of eminent domain for the “Atlantic Yards” proposal (which is required to construct
an arena) (1) .
The fact that their position is not immediately apparent to someone who browses their website in a cursory manner or who is not intimately familiar with the streets involved in the project may result in people unwittingly signing on to their principles.
We call for the BrooklynSpeaks group to be forthright and clear on their
position on eminent domain and the arena, and so that individuals who sign onto
their “principles” understand that by doing so, they are explicitly endorsing
the arena and implicitly endorsing use of eminent domain.
(1) From
the BrooklynSpeaks website:
“While demapping Pacific Street between Flatbush and Sixth Avenues would be
necessary to build the Arena, the other demappings are an urban planning choice
that would create ’superblocks‘ The sponsors of BrooklynSpeaks therefore believe
that the project should: Keep Fifth Ave and Pacific Street between Carlton
and Vanderbilt Avenues open.”
Posted: 9.25.06
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