Link: http://www.petitiononline.com/noaystim/petition.html
Thanks to author Martha Southgate for this information:
Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn Newsletter
February 26, 2009
Sign the Petition Opposing a Stimulus Bailout For Atlantic Yards
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In this issue:
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> Take 30 Seconds: Tell Gov. Paterson You Oppose a Stimulus Bailout for Atlantic Yards
> Round Up Of Media Coverage of Monday’s Eminent Domain Court Argument
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> Take 30 Seconds: Tell Gov. Paterson You Oppose a Stimulus Bailout for Atlantic Yards
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PLEASE sign this online petition. It will literally take you only 30 seconds or less to sign.
(Note: The private information you submit when signing will not be viewable by other signers.)
Online Petition To: New York State Governor David Paterson
I oppose the use of federal stimulus money to fund the Atlantic Yards project. The design, schedule and benefits of the project have clearly departed from what were disclosed to the public in 2006. Any allocation of stimulus to Atlantic Yards at this point would not only further reduce the project’s already unacceptable standard of accountability, it would deprive the people of New York City investment in urgently needed public works. I therefore urge you to reject any request for stimulus funds to be granted to Atlantic Yards.
Sign the petition
(http://www.petitiononline.com/noaystim/petition.html)
Please invite your friends, colleagues, family and organization members to sign on.
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You can read more about the objections to a stimulus bailout for Atlantic Yards here.
We also strongly urge you to mail, call, fax and email Governor Paterson to let him know that stimulus funds should not be used for the failing Atlantic Yards Project:
Honorable Governor David A. Paterson
State Capitol
Albany, NY 12224
Phone: 518-474-8390
Fax: (518) 474-1513
Email Form: Click Here
Need contacts for other city, state and federal elected officials? Click here.
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> Round Up Of Media Coverage of Monday’s Eminent Domain Court Argument
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The challenge, by nine brave home and business owners and tenants, to the state’s use of eminent domain to take the their properties for the Atlantic Yards proposal was filed on August 1st, 2008, fully briefed at the end of December, and argued this past Monday in the Appellate Division of state court.
Here is how the press saw the argument:
Lawsuit asks Ratner: So, how much profit WILL you make on Atlantic Yards?
? The Brooklyn Paper
Arena opponents: New York violated eminent domain laws
? The Bergen Record
In a swift half-hour, eminent domain argument touches on balance of public and private benefit–but not much more
? Atlantic Yards Report
At Supreme Atlantic Yards Hearing, Questions of Process
? The New York Observer
Norman Oder had an extensive preview of the arguments and issues discussed in the briefings on his Atlantic Yards Report:
As oral argument in state eminent domain case approaches, questions of a cost-benefit analysis and a different state standard
All briefs in Goldstein et al. v Empire State Development Corporation
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