The advisory Atlantic Yards CDC is supposed to meet quarterly. It last met in June. The next meeting was "anticipated" for March. That won't happen.
The Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation (AY CDC), which is supposed to add accountability to Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park by meeting quarterly and advising the parent Empire State Development (ESD), has not lived up to its promise, as I've detailed.
But it has added some transparency, occasionally--but only if it actually meets.
The AY CDC hasn't met since last June, perhaps because the entity has had trouble finding a quota. It recently added two new members, but the 14-seat board has three openings, all among the nine gubernatorial appointees.
"We anticipate that the next AY CDC board meeting will be sometime in March," said ESD's Tobi Jaiyesimi at the 2/7/23 Quality of Life meeting.
That won't happen. But the board would have a lot to talk about, including the apparent decision by developer Greenland USA (which owns nearly all of Greenland Forest City Partners) to pause plans for the crucial platform, the departure of Greenland USA point man Scott Solish, and the impossibility of meeting the May 2025 affordable housing deadline.
Oversight, or facilitate?
As I wrote last month, according to the parent ESD, the state authority that oversees/shepherds Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park, the AY CDC "is charged with reviewing and making recommendations on proposed changes to the Project Plan, and monitoring construction impacts and quality of life issues for the Atlantic Yards Project."
However, as I wrote in July 2016, the state authority stated, dubiously, that "the creation of AYCDC is expected to facilitate continued progress of the project." That more developer-friendly locution has continued.
But it has added some transparency, occasionally--but only if it actually meets.
The AY CDC hasn't met since last June, perhaps because the entity has had trouble finding a quota. It recently added two new members, but the 14-seat board has three openings, all among the nine gubernatorial appointees.
"We anticipate that the next AY CDC board meeting will be sometime in March," said ESD's Tobi Jaiyesimi at the 2/7/23 Quality of Life meeting.
That won't happen. But the board would have a lot to talk about, including the apparent decision by developer Greenland USA (which owns nearly all of Greenland Forest City Partners) to pause plans for the crucial platform, the departure of Greenland USA point man Scott Solish, and the impossibility of meeting the May 2025 affordable housing deadline.
Oversight, or facilitate?
As I wrote last month, according to the parent ESD, the state authority that oversees/shepherds Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park, the AY CDC "is charged with reviewing and making recommendations on proposed changes to the Project Plan, and monitoring construction impacts and quality of life issues for the Atlantic Yards Project."
However, as I wrote in July 2016, the state authority stated, dubiously, that "the creation of AYCDC is expected to facilitate continued progress of the project." That more developer-friendly locution has continued.
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