This afternoon, the PACB voted to approve the Atlantic Yards plan. The sponsors of the BrooklynSpeaks campaign have released the following statement:

The sponsors of the BrooklynSpeaks.net campaign believe that the Public Authorities Control Board voted on a project today that is deeply flawed and whose financial facts are still unclear. Since the project was first conceived by the developer and the decision-makers behind closed doors, it has been a public-private partnership in which the public has not been represented. The vote today reflected a process that simply did not allow New Yorkers to shape the project, and the result is a plan that if built as currently proposed, will do deep and permanent damage to the neighborhoods and livability of Brooklyn.

We believe the incoming Spitzer administration must seize the opportunity in the new year to fix the project. The plan must be changed to address its overwhelming scale, superblock design, lack of a transportation plan, and public process that has alienated rather than involved New Yorkers.

Since the BrooklynSpeaks.net campaign began, thousands of Brooklynites and New Yorkers have spoken up and joined the call for a plan for the site that works for Brooklyn. Brooklynites deserve no less than to be listened to, and to have a project that enhances, rather than diminishes, their quality of life. The BrookynSpeaks.net campaign will continue to advocate vigorously for these goals.