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No Land Grab: Daily Intel: "Bloomberg Promises 2,000 Jobs at the Barclays Center, Sort of" (with video)

Atlantic Yards Report Here’s the video of the question I posed to Mayor Mike Bloomberg, which didn’t get an answer from him and provoked a joke from … »

No Land Grab: Will streets/sidewalks near arena be overwhelmed? Bloomberg responds confidently: "not really something that's going to happen"

Atlantic Yards Report Mike Bloomberg, urban planner. At this morning’s press conference on jobs at the Barclays Center, Mayor Mike Bloomberg was asked a question that … »

No Land Grab: Community Board 6 committee urges restrictions on variance request for apartment building planned for Bergen Tile site across from arena

Atlantic Yards Report Not so fast, a Community Board 6 committee said last night to those planning an apartment building at the Bergen Tile site across from … »

No Land Grab: Triangle Sports Sold, Neighborhood-Friendly Restaurant Coming In

The 97-year-old business across from Atlantic Yards will be closing its doors within weeks. Park Slope Patch by Amy Sara Clark After just three months on … »

Atlantic Yards Report: Ratner, Bloomberg provoke little skepticism about “2,000 jobs” announcement; recruitment efforts begin next week; Ratner admits more potential delay on first building

The press conference yesterday regarding jobs (press release) at the Barclays Center was mostly a success for Mayor Mike Bloomberg and developer Bruce Ratner, whom the mayor referred to as “a … »

Atlantic Yards Report: Community Board 6 committee urges restrictions on variance request for apartment building planned for Bergen Tile site across from arena

Not so fast, a Community Board 6 committee said last night to those planning an apartment building at the Bergen Tile site across from the Barclays Center arena, mainly on … »

Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn: Bloomberg Displays Ignorance Petulance About Atlantic Yards. Bruce Ratner Makes Snide Joke

Today Mayor Bloomberg was at the Barclays/Prohorov/Ratner arena site with Bruce Ratner and Markowitz to tout 2,000 jobs coming to the arena. Of course 2,000 jobs aren’t coming to the … »

Gothamist: Photos: A Sneak Peek Of Barclays Center, Inside And Out

                   This morning, after hearing about the 2,000 jobs promised by the new Barclays Center arena, we turned our camera away from Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner and the rest … »

City Room: As Transit Building Is Remade, a ‘Stirring’ Memorial Will Be Removed

When the New York City Transit Authority’s old headquarters is remade into a new academic center a memorial to workers killed in World War II will have to find a … »

Atlantic Yards Report: Will streets/sidewalks near arena be overwhelmed? Bloomberg responds confidently: “not really something that’s going to happen”

At this morning’s press conference on jobs at the Barclays Center, Mayor Mike Bloomberg was asked a question that seemed animated by the recent report, from Atlantic Yards Watch, that … »

Gothamist: Step Inside The Barclays Center, Where Mayor Bloomberg Promises Local Jobs

     “I’ve been looking forward to this day for eight years,” Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner told a crowd of reporters today from inside the increasingly completed Barclays Center arena. … »

Atlantic Yards Report: Daily Intel: “Bloomberg Promises 2,000 Jobs at the Barclays Center, Sort of” (with video)

Actually, 1,240 full-time equivalent. Read on.Here’s the video of the question I posed to Mayor Mike Bloomberg, which didn’t get an answer from him and provoked a joke from developer … »

No Land Grab: Barclays Center building aims for transparency, but Atlantic Yards project evades it: transportation plan, parking details delayed until late May

Atlantic Yards Report The buzzword for the Barclays Center arena, insists developer Bruce Ratner in the New York Post exclusive video below, is transparency: transparency from the … »

No Land Grab: Regarding Kemistry liquor license application, Millman sends SLA letter urging recognition of concerns about bottle service and closing times

Atlantic Yards Report Assemblywoman Joan Millman has backed Prospect Place residents’ concerns about the pending state liquor license application from Kemistry Lounge, which on April 23 received … »

No Land Grab: Concerns Mount Over Barclays Center Sidewalks

Recently released survey of Atlantic Yards project finds less space for crowds than originally thought. Prospect Heights Patch by Paul Leonard Much worry has already been … »

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