The South Oxford Street Block Association

Read about the promise & failure of Battery Park City and how 20,000 low-income apartments turned in 1,500.

The low-income housing "bait and switch" scam has happened before in NYC.

Read the article from The New York Times
about the city's broken pledge to the poor

Read City Project's The Failure of Battery Park City report. City Project is a non-partisan public policy organization.

What You Can Do Right Now!

It's important to express your opinion now to our local officials and representatives. Use these contact links NOW!

Contrary to what the Ratner people want you to think, the Atlantic Yards Development is NOT a done deal. Otherwise why would the Ratner Company still be paying hundreds of thousands of dollars in Public Relations? If it goes through we will paying for this fiasco for the rest of our lives!

Abby Weissman emailed Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz with questions about the sale of the Yards to Ratner for $100 million. Read his response and follow up correspondence.

STAY INFORMED!

Get the latest Atlantic Yards news daily by reading the following websites:


Develop Don't Destroy - Brooklyn		The Atlantic Yards Report

No Land Grab		The Brooklyn Papers

ATLANTIC YARDS COVERAGE

Watch the disturbing Web Documentary about
the August 23rd ESDC Meeting:
"HOW TO RIG A HEARING"

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