"I have a feeling that when it comes to big developer-driven projects, a la Atlantic Yards, one hand ALWAYS knows what the other hand is doing, and whose pockets the money's coming out of and flowing into."

Not so sure that is the case, since apparently the DOT's plans for reconstructing the BQE cantilever alongside Brooklyn Heights requires it to rip up *brand* new park development and use the area as a construction staging ground.

Yep, they build the park ($$$$), and then DOT comes in and tears apart the heart of it in order to rebuild the BQE cantilever just a few years later.

The park plan folks and Port Authority folks had no idea the DOT folks had this in store for their park. They *just* found out about these DOT plans.

Classic example of major city agencies not working with others on key projects, and the left hand not coordinated with the right hand as the saying implies.

Thoughts?

In any case, Pataki is out now, so maybe something can be done about this before it's too late.

I don't really mind if this thing never gets built; I just don't want that $2 billion going to waste.

I have a feeling that when it comes to big developer-driven projects, a la Atlantic Yards, one hand ALWAYS knows what the other hand is doing, and whose pockets the money's coming out of and flowing into.

More likely, no Pataki law school chum had yet signed on to build the rail link, so Ratner got dibs.

This again illustrates New York's total lack of planning vision. It's great that we have a 2030 initiative, but at this rate, all good ideas will be dead-ended due to this kind of short-term incompetence (or is it venality?).

Maybe too paranoid. It's probably just one hand not knowing what the other one is doing. After all, Hanlon's Razor states, "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity."