http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/23/atlantic-yards-public-hearing/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/23/atlantic-yards-public-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-849 essence Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:39:02 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/08/23/atlantic-yards-public-hearing/#comment-849 As it stands, the Ratner proposal would create the highest density census track in the United States with 18,000 residents in a 22 acre plot. The seven acres of privately owned "open space" is well below the standards set by NYC, and the their definition of "affordable housing" includes many units for people earning up to $113,000/year and a pittance for people earning under the Brooklyn median income. It comes with massive taxpayer subsidies, and abuse of eminent domain to boot. For more info, please visit NoLandGrab.org or DDDb.net. As it stands, the Ratner proposal would create the highest density census track in the United States with 18,000 residents in a 22 acre plot. The seven acres of privately owned “open space” is well below the standards set by NYC, and the their definition of “affordable housing” includes many units for people earning up to $113,000/year and a pittance for people earning under the Brooklyn median income. It comes with massive taxpayer subsidies, and abuse of eminent domain to boot. For more info, please visit NoLandGrab.org or DDDb.net.

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