HeyJaredAtlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report (Substack)
Reporting and analysis about the controversial, unresolved Brooklyn megaproject, including the Barclays Center arena, announced as Atlantic Yards in 2003 and renamed Pacific Park in 2014.
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At Low-Turnout Hearing, State Urged to Broaden Study Area, Increase Affordability, Consider Alternatives, Ensure Open Space (opens the original)
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The online public hearing Sept. 24 to solicit comments on the Draft Scope for a Second Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SSEIS) was somewhat anticlimactic, after all. (Here’s the state’s Atlantic Yards page.)Only 15 people, including 14 of the 32 who signed up ahead of time, provided public comment, mostly critical of the project, so the meeting barely lasted two hours. The meeting, which included a ten-minute break to spell the transcriptionist and ASL interpreters, ended shortly aft
Before Tonight’s Hearing, My Article in City Limits, and Wide-Ranging Advice from BrooklynSpeaks (opens the original)
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I have an article today in the publication City Limits, headlined "In Atlantic Yards Reboot, New Developers Seek More Subsidies & 2,382 More Apartments—But Only 366 More Affordable Ones," trying to sum up about ten months of Atlantic Yards developments before the public hearing at 6 pm tonight.While the
More from Meeting: “Single Developer Structure” Questioned; Environmental Review Includes Online Hearing Sept. 24 (opens the original)
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My initial coverage of the Sept. 14 meeting of the Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation (AY CDC) focused on the board’s refusal to request a financial plan from its parent, Empire State Development (ESD), despite the board’s advisory role, as well as new information on expected direct and indirect subsidies.My second article focused on the risks facing the second railyard block, which has no financing plan yet and would deliver o
Though NY State Aims to Ensure Initial Phase 2 Construction, Less Incentive for Second Block (opens the original)
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My initial coverage of the Sept. 14 meeting of the Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation (AY CDC) focused on the board’s refusal to request a financial plan from its parent, Empire State Development (ESD), despite the board’s advisory role, as well as new information on expected direct and indirect subsidies.My later coverage involves the “single developer structure” and the environmental review, which includes a <a href="
Advisory Board Rejects Request for a Financial Analysis to Justify Subsidies and Affordable Housing Configuration (opens the original)
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Yes, this is a long article, but nearly the final third—an addendum, plus footnotes—is only for the detail-oriented.Key points:The state envisions only $350 million more in subsidies for the platform, for a total of $700 million, which seems questionableThe state is discussing various other subsidies for the projectThe Atlantic Yards CDC seems reticent about overseeing project commitmentsAtlantic Yards would be a “radically different value proposition,” given new public funding, according to one
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