From the latest Construction Update: nothing's happening, so delayed info delivery not crucial

On Friday, March 8, at 4:35 pm, those on Empire State Development's (ESD) email list for Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park got an email stating:

Attached for your information is the March 4, 2024 and March 11, 2024 Atlantic Yards Project construction activity update. As a reminder, please be advised that construction alert emails will be sent once a month until there is a change in construction activity. Bi-weekly construction alerts will continue to update on the Atlantic Yards website: https://esd.ny.gov/atlantic-yards-community-development-corporation-1.

Note that a document that was supposed to be delivered before the first of two work weeks began was instead delivered at the end of that first work week.

Then again, since nothing's happening, such slacking is not particularly irresponsible.

I was on vacation when I got the document. Had it disclosed anything important, I would have written about it promptly. Instead, I slacked, too.

What is pending: the school

That said, ESD, the state authority that oversees/shepherds the project, is not in charge of school construction and operations.

The upcoming September 2024 opening of a school--containing a high school, junior high school, and special needs program--in the base of B15 (662 Pacific, or 491 Dean) is surely of interest to neighbors, and deserves discussion.

Waiting until...?

It could be a while until anything develops regarding the overall fate of the project, given the twice-postponed (now to April 30) foreclosure auction of developer Greenland USA's rights to six development sites over the Vanderbilt Yard. 

My guess is that the auction won't go forward until a grand bargain is negotiated regarding the connected obligations to build the platform over the railyard, crucial to vertical construction, and pay (or not?) liquidated damages for affordable housing not delivered by the May 2025 deadline.