Please sign online petition for affordable housing in Brooklyn
Tell Governor Cuomo: Make Forest City Ratner keep its promise for affordable housing in Brooklyn
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Atlantic Yards
Weekend of Events Spotlight Unfulfilled Promises at Arena
With the Barclays Center arena ready to open on Sept. 28, a wide range of community groups have organized “It’s a Crime” weekend, a series of events that will draw attention to promises far from fulfilled on the Atlantic Yards megaproject.
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Learn More about Protecting the Neighborhood around Barclays Center
Join Ashley Cotton and Jane Marshall of Forest City Ratner in a discussion about protecting the quality of life of those living and working near Barclays Center once it opens.
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A-Yards Backers Lose Their Appeal
In a final defeat for Forest City Ratner and the Empire State Development Corporation, the New York State Court of Appeals has upheld an earlier ruling that requires a supplemental environmental impact study (SEIS) for the Atlantic Yards megaproject.
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Help organize a demonstration about Barclays Center’s missing benefits
BrooklynSpeaks, Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, Brown Memorial Baptist Church, Brown Community Development Corporation and Occupy groups invite you to a kickoff meeting to organize a demonstration at the Barclays Center opening.
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Upcoming Atlantic Yards rally to demand stronger oversight and promised benefits
Barclays Center opens in September, but we have yet to see the benefits promised for our tax dollars. Brooklyn demands better! Join
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Protecting Neighborhoods from an Oncoming ‘Onslaught’
The Park Slope Civic Council, the Boerum Hill Association, and the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council have created a Barclays Center Neighborhood Protection Plan that sets up a series of guidelines to minimize the the oncoming arena’s impact on surrounding communities.
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Atlantic Yards update: ESDC’s appeal, liquor licenses, transportation
Three important updates on the Atlantic Yards front.
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Wanted: Better Transit, Sensible Transportation, and Safe Streets
How are the city and the community to balance the many demands for scarce street space?
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Appellate Division’s Unanimous Decision: ESDC Must Revisit 2009 Atlantic Yards Plan
In a strongly worded rebuke to the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) and Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC), the State Appellate Division ruled to uphold a lower court’s decision that approval of Atlantic Yards’ 2009 Modified General Project Plan violated New York environmental law.
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