As new Trump Kings County Republican Club slams Atlantic Yards for "systemic failure," remember: it's bipartisan (& developer Trump worked the system, duh)
Atlantic Yards has had its history of strange bedfellows, such as when opponents of the project allied themselves with libertarians challenging eminent domain. (Well, liberal jurisprudence, especially in New York, has stood for unfettered power for condemnors, including dubious "blight.") Another example recently surfaced in this harsh tweet from the new, Bay Ridge-based Donald J. Trump Kings County Republican Club : The criticism is valid: Atlantic Yards was supposed to bring 2,250 affordable units to Brooklyn. Fast-forward nearly two decades... and 876 units are still missing. What’s the solution? Extend the deadline. Postpone the fines. Bend the rules. The people of Brooklyn were promised real homes. Instead, they’re getting real estate bait-and-switch. Let’s be clear: Penalties were meant to protect the public. Now they’re being “paused” to protect the developer. And you wonder why trust in government is gone? This is what systemic failure looks like, dressed in bu...