Reform Atlantic Yards oversight now!

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Continuing to allow the ESDC to delegate decision-making on Atlantic Yards to Forest City Ratner doesnt work for Brooklyn, and it wont work for New York. The State's open-ended agreement with the developer makes it practically impossible for the public to get value for its investment in the project without dedicated oversight. We call on you to do everything in your power to pass without delay Assembly bill A11431 and Senate bill S08193 directing the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) to create a subsidiary to oversee the planning and construction of Atlantic Yards. We further call on you to insist the ESDC include on the subsidiarys board outside directors appointed in consultation with local elected officials. Its long past time for Atlantic Yards to be held to the same standard of accountability as other large State projects.

1054 Signatures

  • Gib Veconi
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    • 284 Park Place, Brooklyn, NY
  • Crosswell Collins
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    • 545 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY
  • Jihan Kim
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    • 792 President St. 11215
  • John Florio
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    • 397 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215
  • Carl Foner
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    • 125 Boerum Place, Brooklyn
  • alex kustow
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    • 3 montague terrace, brooklyn, ny 11201
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  • Barbara Hendra
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    • 140 Sterling Place
  • Luke Legowski
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    • 619 Carlton Avenue
  • John Trotter
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    • 555 Washington Ave. #4E; Brooklyn, NY 11238
  • Roselyn Kopit
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    • 556 State St. Brooklyn, NY 11217
  • Madeline Rhum
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    • 140 8 ave Brooklyn, NY 11215
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  • Eli Dvorkin
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    • 48 Saint Marks Pl
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  • Norman Kopit
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    • 556 State St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
  • Jim R Moore
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    • 52 Windsor Place, Brooklyn NY
  • Charles Wells
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    • 489 Pacific Street, #1, Brooklyn, NY 11217
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    • It's about time! Give the community a voice!
  • Sarah Jean Avery
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    • 392 Butler Street, Brooklyn 11217
  • Joan Griffiths Vega
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    • 670 Tenth Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
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    • In builidlng one neighborhood, others are being destroyed. Please create an overview committee to protect everyone's investments.
  • Marie Gaerlan
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    • 1809 Albemarle Road Apt D62
  • Merrill R. Frank
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    • 33-25 92nd St 5J Jackson Hgts, NY 11372
  • Blair Koenig
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    • 287 Clermont Avenue APT 3 Brooklyn, NY 11205
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  • Robert Krakovski
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    • 16 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215
  • Elaine Learnard
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    • 122 Randall Avenue, Port Jefferson, NY 11777
  • Moraima Suarez
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    • 215 21st Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232
  • Marc Ashmore
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    • 11217
    • Comments
    • Stop the rape of Brooklyn. Eminent Domain in the hands of a Private developer? Criminal.
  • Patrick Whalen
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    • 133 Concord St, Brooklyn NY11201
  • Charles McMellon
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    • 406 7th Street
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    • Please create better oversight on this project
  • Alan Lawn
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    • 332 6th Ave Apt 2, Brooklyn, NY 11215
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  • Anne Pope
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    • 1818 Newkirk Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11226
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  • Luis Franqui
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    • 2634 west st brooklyn ny 11223 #3B
  • Nikko Sedgwick
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    • 127 Fort Greene Pl. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11217
  • Emma Boast
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    • Brooklyn, NY
  • Jean Standish
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    • 308 East 6th Street
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    • It is outrageous that the Atlantic Yards is still the only State project with no formal oversight. This is unacceptable. There must be a roadmap for governance reform.
  • Renee Valenti
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    • 83 Calyer St , Brooklyn, NY
  • David Gilmore
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    • 191 South Portland Ave., #1
  • Simon Kristak
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    • 629 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
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  • Nina
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    • 4 butler place
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    • Brooklyn, NY 11238
  • Marion Goldberg
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    • 309 2nd Street - Apt. 3F
  • Barbara Learnard
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    • 25 Chittenden Ave 4C NY,NY,10033-1142
    • Comments
    • We need to protect Brooklyn, not ruin it.
  • Elaine Greenstein
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    • 176 S. Oxford St. Brooklyn
  • Carl Bettendorf
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    • 719 W 180th St. #21, New York, NY 10033
    • Comments
    • The whole project is doomed, just go back to the drawing board!
  • Sue Wolfe
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    • 448 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217
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    • Please correct this outrageous condition that has prohibited any public oversight on this enormous project that will has effects on all of Brooklyn.
  • Jean R. Goldman
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    • 400 Central Park West, Manhattan
  • linda marsanico
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    • 452 12 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
    • Comments
    • Atlantic Yards is a travesty against the people of Brooklyn, and NYC
  • Wendy Sacks
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    • 443 Second Street, Brooklyn NY 11215
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    • This project has been corrupt from the beginning. As a native Brooklynite, I feel it is not in the best interests of Brooklyn.
  • Barbara Fiscarel
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    • 64 Seventh7 Ave 1121
  • Mark Morrison
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    • 1496 President Street, Brooklyn 11213
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    • Lack of oversight and gross misuse of eminent domain for a project which solely benefits Ratner and makes a mockery of "public benefit" and "blight" is a disgrace and brings dishonor to the Albany bigwigs who approved it. This must be rectified NOW with the proposed bill for new regulation of any such projects. And any public financial support for AY should be killed now, especially when the State, the City, and the MTA are crying poverty.
  • david latham
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    • 1915 8th avenue, bklyn, ny 11215
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  • Marci Reaven
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    • 72 E. 1st St., NYC 10003
  • Natasha Harsh
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    • 29 South Elliott Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217
  • evangeline henselmann
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    • 21 bond st.