It indicates appearances by representatives of Empire State Development (ESD), the state authority that oversees/shepherds the project; the advisory Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation (AY CDC); the Barclays Center; and master developer Greenland Forest City Partners.
But there's no mention of a representative of the New York City Department of Transportation, who was supposed to attend the previous meeting but couldn't make it. Tobi Jaiyesimi, who represents both ESD and AY CDC, said at that previous meeting that she expected the rep to attend this next meeting.
That's not happening, but neighbors do have questions, as I wrote, regarding issues of parking, pedestrian safety, and traffic flow.
Project related questions and agenda issues can be sent to AtlanticYards@esd.ny.gov.
Bigger questions
Perhaps this meeting will ventilate some crucial questions about the project that were raised but not answered at the previous meeting, 1/28/20:
- what's the timetable to start and finish the platform over the first block (of two) of the Vanderbilt Yard?
- what's the timetable to build the towers over that block, and how will the requirement of 2,250 affordable units be met?
- will there be 50% and 100% affordable buildings, and what will the range of affordability be?
- what's going on with the Site 5 condemnation process?
My roundup of coverage of the previous Quality of Life meeting is here.
The ESD's meeting notes are below. The document doesn't mention the absence of the DOT rep. And while it does mention that there are no details about the platform, the affordable housing percentage, and the Site 5 condemnation process, it omits the fact that, according to previous public statements, there should already have been progress on the platform and Site 5.
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