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Hunley-Adossa denies the obvious: the City Council race is (in large part) about AY

The New York Times, following up on the story I broke, reports in its new blog The Local that Delia Hunley-Adossa said her City Council candidacy was unrelated to Atlantic Yards:

ā€œOne thing had nothing to do with the other,ā€ she said.

She declined to say what made her a better qualified candidate than Ms. James but said she would release her full platform at her first fund-raising event....

Ms. James, who is in her late 40ā€™s, said today that she felt that the race would come down to a debate over Atlantic Yards. Her district includes most of the site.

ā€œIā€™m confident that Atlantic Yards was a primary reason for her candidacy since all the other issues sheā€™s raised Iā€™ve been on the forefront on in this district, including education and environment,ā€ she said. ā€œThe only issue where thereā€™s a major difference is Atlantic Yards.ā€


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"I look forward to a spirited primary, and I look forward to her providing the answers" to the questions posed, James told me.

James will run on both the Democratic and Working Families Party lines; Hunley-Adossa is a Democrat, according to James. (I assumed she was, given family ties to Democrats--her daughter works for the District Attorney's office--so I didn't ask yesterday.)

James questioned Hunley-Adossa's commitment to environmental issues. "If she was there to protect the public," James asked, "why didn't she raise questions about removal of trees [in the Atlantic Yards footprint], the dust [from demolition activities], the impact on children in the shelter [on Dean Street]?"

"I'm ready to debate her today," she said.

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