Next Quality of Life Meeting to be held July 12, again on Zoom. Questions welcome. I have a bunch.

They're staying on Zoom, for now. The next Atlantic Yards Project Quality of Life Meeting will be held virtually on Tuesday, July 12, at 6 pm, hosted by Empire State Development (ESD), the state authority that oversees/shepherds/eases the project.

That again means that attendees can't see who else is there or--in most cases--ask follow-up questions. 

(Gov. Kathy Hochul last month extended the COVID-19 disaster emergency, which allows for virtual meetings. It must be renewed by July 14.)

Here's the link:https://zoom.us/j/97101255496
Dial In: 646-558-8656 || Passcode: 971 0125 5496#
Meeting ID: 971 0125 5496

Project-related questions and suggested agenda items to atlanticyards@esd.ny.gov.

My questions

I have some questions, though I suspect many if not most will be deflected, based on past patterns:

--does developer Greenland Forest City Partners have a plan to meet the May 2025 deadline for affordable housing?

--if that deadline is not met, will ESD enforce the $2,000/month fines for each missing unit?

--the May 12, 2022 deadline to build the Urban Room has already not been met. Fines were already due, increasing steadily. Why hasn't ESD collected the fines? If not, when might amendments to the project plan be filed, and what public benefit is being proposed in exchange?

--did the developer abandon development rights at Site 5? If no, when (and how much) did they pay New York City for development rights? if there's no payment, why?

Emergency boiler

--the developer was supposed to invest $1 million by Mary 12, 2022 to improve existing parks around the project site; how much was invested? where and when? 

--what is the status of plans to transfer the bulk of the unbuilt B1 tower across Flatbush Avenue to Site 5?

--what will be the percentage and affordability of the income-targeted units at B12/B13?

--do ESD/GFCP have an updated completion date for the middle school?

--for how long has an emergency boiler truck (see photo) been on Dean Street outside 461 Dean (B2)? what's the problem? how long is that temporary boiler expected to stay?

--has construction work for the first phase of platform actually started? when? what's the reason for delay? what's the expected completion date?

--if GFCP aims to complete the project in eight or nine years, what are the milestones? for example, when must the second phase of the platform be completed? 

--have the financial struggles of Greenland USA's parent had any impact on this project? How will Greenland fund construction of B5?

Plaza reconstruction

--what's the updated completion date regarding work at the Barclays Center Plaza?

--when did leasing for the affordable units start at B15 (662 Pacific St. and B4 (18 Sixth Ave.)? how far along is that leasing? what's the percentage of affordable units occupied?

--the Memorandum of Environmental Commitments says that the developer must "maintain an on-site construction coordinator" as a liaison with the community." That function has been moved off-site; when will it return? 

--that Community Liaison Officer is supposed to "keep a record (log book) of construction-related complaints received by the CLO from the public and efforts taken to resolve such complaints." Is that log book publicly available? If not, why not?

--now that there are new owners of 535 Carlton and 38 Sixth, how will Avanath Capital be represented at public meetings like this one and those of the Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation? 

--how is the owner of 461 Dean (Principal Global Investors) represented?