Atlantic Yards Community Development Corp. meeting canceled due to quorum issue. When will questions about the project's future get aired?

Never mind.

The meeting scheduled tomorrow--my preview--of the (purportedly) advisory Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation (AY CDC) has been canceled due to a lack of a quorum, according to Director Gib Veconi, though no official notice has been issued and the meeting is still listed on the website of Empire State Development (ESD), the state authority that oversees/shepherds the project.

(Presumably the meeting would not have been scheduled without a quorum, but the loss of just one RSVP could undermine it.)

Getting quorums has hobbled the AY CDC, as directors have cycled on and off the board, with many having little commitment to trying to understand the project. As of now, 11 of 14 directorships are filled, with three slots open, all the responsibility of the Governor, in this case Kathy Hochul. 

(Note: I'm going on memory, since the AY CDC web page, no model of transparency, does not specify who appointed each member.)

The upshot is that the AY CDC, though generally impotent and more rubber-stamp than advisory, remains one of the few forums for representatives of the public to gain information about the project.

What's up with the platform? The affordable housing obligation? Who's in charge for developer Greenland USA and Empire State Development?

Those were all questions that could've been aired. Presumably ESD and possibly Greenland had prepared presentations. Those still could be shared.

The questions, and the doubts, aren't going away. After all, as I wrote this morning, the latest Construction Update still contains boilerplate about major work coming, though it hasn't started.