Thanks.

Why would Yassky want to participate in this type of governmental corruption?

The majority of his constituents don’t want Dock St. DUMBO to diminish the Brooklyn Bridge, and there are other, more preferable sites together to build a proper school with more than 9 classrooms.

Since you’re such as big Two Trees supporter, Carlo, and have allowed your name and quotes to be used in their paid newspaper print advertising, why don’t you leverage that relationship with the developer to draft a binding letter of agreement with serious penalties for non-performance. Since you’re such a strong advocate for the zoning change, you do it.

Sincerely.

“I think the 35k sq ft area will be deeded to the city on contract. If the city does not own the space the contract is not signed and the building is not built. This is how it was presented to me as a member of the community. I argued for 40k sq ft and roof area for labs and experiments. People said: we can think about that. Anyway it is up to Yassky, Markowitz and others to ensure we have legally binding agreements. During the Giuliani years they would have built The Office of Emergency Preparedness there; I’m hoping Mayor Mike will build a school there.”

Presented to you? Well that is not how it was presented to the decision makers.

Hoping Mayor Mike?

After wailing about the Gowanus Canal, I wouldn’t put much faith on Mayor Mike.

It is time Mayor Mike goes back home to Boston.

40k sq ft for a school, 17-18 stories, whatever…
Where are these numbers coming from???? Why can’t it be 60k sq ft for a school and 8,6 or even 4 stories??

Has anyone actually looked at the kind of return W is trying to make? I simple do not believe that the building needs such bulk to make an excellent return… Can a supporter demonstrate otherwise ?

The only one “sabataging” anyting is your boy Jeb & Co. and his smokey backroom scandal with the heavily lobbied SCA officials.

And let’s not neglect today’s Scandal Du Jour–the “donations” made to City Councilmembers from Two Trees “employees” to skirt political contribution laws. So corrupt, so shameful, and possibly illegal.

$29,300 to Councilwoman Katz, and $19,800 to Councilspeaker Quinn. See NY Post article: http://tinyurl.com/djt5h8

This needs to be vigorously prosecuted. I call on the DA (not Voyager), to investigate these cynical circumventions of political contribution laws.

Rational people applaud Yassky’s work to uncover the active sabatage that Jeb, his lobbyists, and the SCA have done against the community and their attempt to “put the fix in.”

This project should be rejected on that basis alone.

But of course, there are many other reasons–including:

–over 10,000 people stating they reject it.
–the majority of speakers at the various public hearings have been against the project.
–the lack of anything binding in writing from the developer (much like Toll Bros in Gowanus, who when pressed for a binding agreement backed off). You’d think that if anyone at the SCA, while in bed with Two Trees in the smokey back room had a brain in the collective head, they would have asked for guarantees in writing.

The process is corrupt. Thank you David Yassky for again showing NYC how $$$ controls our political process.

The structure, as designed, essentially wraps around the walkway, starting underneath it, running along beside it, and then towering over it.

Can’t the city swap lots with Walentas somewhere ? Surely there is a deal that would make both sides happy.