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Ouroussoff: AY a "fiasco" with "city approval"

In an essay in today's New York Times on plans for the West Side Yards, architecture critic Nicolai Ouroussoff refers to Atlantic Yards as a "fiasco." He writes:
If built, the project would be a pathetic distortion of the original design. And the developer already has city approval.

Actually, the developer already has government approval, but the city has nothing to do with it. The Empire State Development Corporation approved the project. I sent in a correction on Saturday after Ouroussoff made the same mistake in his essay on AY last Friday.

The Times didn't address the correction yet. But the distinction remains important; had the project gone through the city approval process, there would have been more public oversight and discussion.

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