Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Fellow Americans! I promise to change nothing....


Election day has come and gone, and New York City is left with the same old Mayor, and Brooklyn the same old borough President. Soaring high on the wings of victory (wings which cost each campaign record-breaking amounts of money), both leaders promised lots and lots and lots of thing and changes and new horizons and at one point we’re pretty sure they promised immortality to the citizens of NYC. But that’s beside the point.

How many of those promises they'll make good on, no one knows. What we wonder is what will happen to the Atlantic Yards?

Simple answer: the same old stuff.

Bloomberg, throughout the entire run against Thompson did not bring up Atlantic Yards once. So, one can assume his stance is exactly the same. In his new term, he has neglected to comment on it as of yet.

Markowitz on the other hand boasted about his intentions to "break ground" on the project and get it started as soon as possible.

But the DDDB blog has other intentions. Their assault against the Project has reached new heights.

The recent lawsuit filed is just one of the many steps taken.

The most recent of their yearly walk-a-thons drew in record numbers, and fundraisers are having unprecedented success.

Despite this, both governmental leaders show no signs of budging. While propositions for hybrid projects (example, one that allows for the arena but not the construction of residential buildings) have arisen, comments from Markowitz ensure that the support of his office is still behind the project in its complete form.

So the stalemate continues. And while the government stands behind the deal, everything hinges on the judicial ruling on the lawsuit, which is expected in about 2 to 3 weeks.

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