Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation set to meet March 23, via webcast. But no comments allowed in real time; they must be submitted the day before.

OK, the next meeting for Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation (AY CDC), a meeting has been announced for next Tuesday, 3/23/21, at 3 pm. (It's about three months and two weeks after the previous meeting, held 12/10/20.)

"Due to public health concerns and as authorized by Executive Order of the Governor, this meeting will be conducted via video conference and teleconference," the announcement states. The public may view and listen to the meeting via webcast.

Comments and the agenda

The agenda, as shown at right, is quite vague, as is typical, involving approval of the minutes and operating budget, and then updates (typically anodyne) on community relations and construction. That said, sometimes directors raise questions that elicit new information.

Members of the public may submit comments on the Agenda items in writing to AYCDCBdMtg@esd.ny.gov by 4:30 pm on Monday, March 22. 

But no Board Materials have been posted yet. Without seeing, for example, those updates--which are oral reports--it's a little tough to post constructive public comments before the meeting.

Still, people can submit comments on Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park issues.

Nor is there a process--as with in-person meetings--for members of the public to comment on agenda items after they are discussed, in real time, to provide feedback.