CNU New York Now A Proud Sponsor Of BrooklynSpeaks
BROOKLYNSPEAKS is a network of civic and community groups formed in response to the large Atlantic Yards project at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues. The group’s purpose is to inform New Yorkers about the controversial project, so that they can ask the decision-makers to move forward only with a plan that works for Brooklyn.
Atlantic Yards is a proposal by the developer Forest City Ratner to build 16 towers and an arena on a 22 acre site in Prospect Heights. Unfortunately, the plan has been created with no significant input from New Yorkers, and while development of the site could be beneficial, it is the opinion of BrooklynSpeaks that the plan voted on by state officials in December won’t work for Brooklyn.
On June 16, 2008, a coalition of Brooklyn coalition elected officials and civic groups including BrooklynSpeaks gathered on the steps of City Hall in Manhattan to launch the Campaign to Reform Atlantic Yards, an initiative to pass new legislation that would reform the governance of the Atlantic Yards project.
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