These three big stories affecting Carroll Gardens and close by need no other introduction:
(1) From: www.pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com
"Oliver House Developer Spending Big Bucks To Lobby Councilman Bill DeBlasio"(edit)..."It only took two more clicks on my keyboard to land on New York City's very own government page. And there, I found the connection. Bill Stein has hired Arzt's lobbying firm to 'target' our very own Council Person Bill DeBlasio. The subject? Land Use. Since the beginning of 2008, Stein has paid $35,000 for those services."
(See PMFA blog for complete story)
(2) From: Develop-don't destroy BROOKLYN
http://www.developdontdestroy.org/php/press/080929ESDCdenied.php
"Court Rejects New York State's Effort to Dismiss
Atlantic Yards Eminent Domain Case"
Ruling is a Major Setback for Bruce Ratner's Proposed Project and the
Empire State Development Corporation
Property Owners and Tenants Will Get Their Day in Court Next Year
Ruling is a Major Setback for Bruce Ratner's Proposed Project and the
Empire State Development Corporation
Property Owners and Tenants Will Get Their Day in Court Next Year
(3) From www.curbed.com
"Gowanus Bombshell: Whole Foods Sinks Into Toxic Muck?"
"The Gowanus Whole Foods is toast. That's the report today from Brownstoner, which says that the store "will never happen" per "a source with close connections to the State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the government agency that needs to sign off on the clean-up of the polluted site before any building can begin." The grocer has gotten permits from the Department of Buildings for foundation work and has even said that an announcement would be coming about the store moving forward, but it could be that the sinking economy combined with the cost of cleaning up and prepping the contaminated site has killed the store. " (edit)...
(See Curbed for complete story)
