Another sign of how Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park oversight has run aground: again, state lets bi-monthly meeting schedule slack

Oversight of and transparency regarding Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park has continued to slack, as there's no sight of new construction.

Yes, TF Cornerstone is finishing the buildings at, and open space around, the two-tower 595 Dean Street, and Chelsea Piers will open its fitness center and fieldhouse next month--and it's unclear how that will all work. 

And the School Construction Authority is still working on the middle school at Sixth Avenue between Pacific and Dean streets, at the base of the completed 662 Pacific Street tower, aka Plank Road.

Otherwise, there's nothing new pending. And, for months, we haven't heard anything from master developer Greenland Forest City Partners, which is dominated by Greenland USA. 

We don't even know if Greenland USA has replaced its longtime Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park point man, Scott Solish, who left in February. We don't know if Greenland has any new estimate on its ability to start the crucial platform over the Vanderbilt Yard.

And we sure don't know if/how Greenland is negotiating/lobbying for an extension on the looming May 2025 deadline for affordable housing, with oneraous $2,000/month fines for each missing unit--876 (or 877) of the required 2,250 units haven't launched.

Missing meetings

What we do know is that Empire State Development, the state authority with the inherently conflictual task of overseeing and shepherding the project, has not, since last September, maintained the previous bi-monthly schedule of Quality of Life meetings, aimed to update the public and neighbors about the project. 

As shown in the state authority's page (and below), after the 9/20/22 meeting last year, the only one in the past eight months was held 2/7/23.

There should've been a meeting in early April, and then another in early June. We're still waiting. Stay tuned.