Comments on: MTA Board approves renegotiated Ratner deal http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/06/24/mta-board-approves-renegotiated-ratner-deal/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:34:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AlexB http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/06/24/mta-board-approves-renegotiated-ratner-deal/#comment-62156 AlexB Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:24:37 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3179#comment-62156 It;s hard to understand how politicians might feel pressured to support the Atlantic Yards projects at this point. Wouldn't everyone congratulate them if they opposed it? Maybe no one has mentioned it to them, but anyone can be a celebrated hero at this point by making this bad dream stop. now. It;s hard to understand how politicians might feel pressured to support the Atlantic Yards projects at this point. Wouldn’t everyone congratulate them if they opposed it? Maybe no one has mentioned it to them, but anyone can be a celebrated hero at this point by making this bad dream stop. now.

]]> By: George http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/06/24/mta-board-approves-renegotiated-ratner-deal/#comment-62063 George Thu, 25 Jun 2009 14:55:10 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3179#comment-62063 Considering how many big land grabs Ratner has made over the years, the guy definitely has some big connections. Didn't he use to serve in the NYC government? Considering how many big land grabs Ratner has made over the years, the guy definitely has some big connections.

Didn’t he use to serve in the NYC government?

]]> By: leg http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/06/24/mta-board-approves-renegotiated-ratner-deal/#comment-62043 leg Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:26:11 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3179#comment-62043 Yeah, I don't get it. This isn't enough money that it will make or break the MTA budget, and a future deal could be a significant chunk of cash. Why does the MTA care? Are there powerful political forces allied with Ratner that will make things miserable when the MTA is asking for big money from the state? Yeah, I don’t get it. This isn’t enough money that it will make or break the MTA budget, and a future deal could be a significant chunk of cash. Why does the MTA care? Are there powerful political forces allied with Ratner that will make things miserable when the MTA is asking for big money from the state?

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/06/24/mta-board-approves-renegotiated-ratner-deal/#comment-62036 rhywun Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:46:39 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=3179#comment-62036 Some will argue that we "have" to take this deal because otherwise the land will remain undeveloped. I say, what's the rush? This attitude that land must receive its most profitable use ASAP regardless of what the market can bear is what leads to corporate land grabs like the New York Times got a few years ago, and countless others that have shoved rightful owners out of their land over the decades. An unfair gift to a billionaire developer is an unfair gift to a billionaire developer. Some will argue that we “have” to take this deal because otherwise the land will remain undeveloped. I say, what’s the rush? This attitude that land must receive its most profitable use ASAP regardless of what the market can bear is what leads to corporate land grabs like the New York Times got a few years ago, and countless others that have shoved rightful owners out of their land over the decades. An unfair gift to a billionaire developer is an unfair gift to a billionaire developer.

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