Eyes on the Most Powerful Man in New York State Gov’t
NoLandGrab is now reporting that Sheldon Silver is now expected to vote to approve Atlantic Yards today.
11:16 AM EST on December 20, 2006
NoLandGrab is now reporting that Sheldon Silver is now expected to vote to approve Atlantic Yards today.
The word is out, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is going to vote to APPROVE Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards proposal
because Governor Pataki has allowed a stand-alone vote, not tied to
other appropriations. Also Silver feels that the financial information
provided yesterday (you know, the info that the Empire State
Development Corporation still refuses to release despite several
Freedom of Information Law requests and a subpoena) is good enough.
So much for yesterday’s theorizing that Norman Oder’s reporting stalled the project.
Aaron Naparstek is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparstek's journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. He was also one of the original cast members of the "War on Cars" podcast. You can find more of his work on his website.
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