Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park Report

With Less Than 48 Hours' Notice, New York State Announces an Atlantic Yards Meeting ( link ) ESD's advisory Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation will meet in Brooklyn tomorrow at 1 pm. (Clairvoyant) public comments are due by 3 pm today.

May Roundup: Waiting for the Subsidy Deal, the MOU, and the "Conceptual" Program ( link ) Coverage of project transparency, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment, and the Tsais' Social Justice Fund. Shouldn't the operators of MSG and Barclays pay taxes?

If Cirrus/LCOR Now Might Gain $175M in State Budget, Is That a Cut, or Just a Sequencing Issue? ( link ) Developers earlier sought $350 million for platform over railyard. Current budget now has half. But the railyard is two blocks.

Waiting for the MOU: Should the Key Criterion For Atlantic Yards Progress Be "Viability"? ( link ) What about "reconciling project cost, subsidy, and public benefit"? And whether the project can "support the people who will live there"?

As Bergen and Dean Streets Planned for Bike Boulevards (and B65 Re-Route), Some Concerns ( link ) Neighbors near Barclays Center cite event-related congestion, streets narrowed by NYPD and FDNY parking, and poor road conditions. What happens when Atlantic Yards and AAMUP construction surge?

Lessons from 962 Pacific: Developer's Warnings May Not be Credible. Deals Will Get Done. ( link ) The parcel, after a failed spot rezoning, sold for $33 million after an area plan was passed. A portent for Atlantic Yards?

If New York Liberty Are Now Worth $600M, Do the Billionaire Owners Deserve a Tax-Exempt Arena? ( link ) As WNBA valuations rocket, Clara Wu Tsai's $1B goal no longer seems a stretch. The Democratic Socialist Mayor attends debut game. Will he push venue operators on tax exemptions?