Atlantic Yards or Atlantic Lots?

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Click here to watch a pop-up slideshow of images, maps and siteplans of the proposed Atlantic Yards project.

Atlantic Yards would:

Contain the same amount of development as 23 Williamsburgh Savings Banks

Generate over 20,000 new vehicle trips every day with no plan to avoid gridlock

Contain affordable housing that won't be affordable to average Brooklynites

Potentially be built without significant input from New Yorkers

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THOUSANDS CALL ON GOVERNOR TO CHANGE ATLANTIC YARDS PROJECT

April 2, 2007

Nearly 6,000 New Yorkers have written to Governor Eliot Spitzer calling for major changes to the Atlantic Yards project. The letters were sent from the BrooklynSpeaks.net website or as replies to a mailer sent out to households surrounding the project. Many of the letters included personal notes which will be excerpted on the BrooklynSpeaks.net website over the forthcoming weeks. They will be delivered to the offices of the Empire State Development Corporation next Wednesday, April 11th.

“It’s an extraordinary response,” said Michelle de la Uz, executive director of the Fifth Avenue Committee. “Brooklyn is truly speaking up.”

The Atlantic Yards project was approved by the state’s Public Authorities Control Board in December, but according to media reports the new administration is conducting a review of the project.

Note: the time of delivery of the postcards and letters has been updated since the original post.