Another self-serving revisionist piece by Matthew Schuerman. Do they pay you to write puff-pieces and lies about developers?
"...but it is infused with a vastly different sensibility, more patient in its approach, more responsive to the grass-roots community."
Ask any of the affected communities ... West Side, Brooklyn, near Yankee Stadium and Columbia ... they will tell you this is a blatantly false statement.
How can you contrast what's happening at Coney Island and somehow conclude there's been a sea change? It's still ram-rodding.
Holding one or two meetings with suits sitting at tables for a few hours, and then doing what they intended in the first place, does not a participatory process make.
Going through ULURP is no watershed. All it takes it to bribe a few Borough Presidents and City Council members with dreams of higher office and campaign contributions, and it's a given. After all, City Planning and Amanda Burden are already a rubber-stamp joke. ULURP adds very little to the outcome.
Of course Doctoroff will say ULURP is "appropriate," they have the ducks lined up in a row. Land Review is an illusion that benefits developers and politicians.
The mistake Doctoroff continues to make is that he's claiming to consult with communities, but he's consulting with those already bought off.
Schuerman in his efforts as chief apologist, doesn't seem to understand that.
Another self-serving revisionist piece by Matthew Schuerman. Do they pay you to write puff-pieces and lies about developers?
"...but it is infused with a vastly different sensibility, more patient in its approach, more responsive to the grass-roots community."
Ask any of the affected communities ... West Side, Brooklyn, near Yankee Stadium and Columbia ... they will tell you this is a blatantly false statement.
How can you contrast what's happening at Coney Island and somehow conclude there's been a sea change? It's still ram-rodding.
Holding one or two meetings with suits sitting at tables for a few hours, and then doing what they intended in the first place, does not a participatory process make.
Going through ULURP is no watershed. All it takes it to bribe a few Borough Presidents and City Council members with dreams of higher office and campaign contributions, and it's a given. After all, City Planning and Amanda Burden are already a rubber-stamp joke. ULURP adds very little to the outcome.
Of course Doctoroff will say ULURP is "appropriate," they have the ducks lined up in a row. Land Review is an illusion that benefits developers and politicians.
The mistake Doctoroff continues to make is that he's claiming to consult with communities, but he's consulting with those already bought off.
Schuerman in his efforts as chief apologist, doesn't seem to understand that.