Leaders of the three Brooklyn community boards representing neighborhoods affected by Bruce Ratner’s proposed Atlantic Yards project will hold public hearings simultaneously tonight on the $4.2 billion project.
Community Boards 2, 6 and 8, in a joint statement, criticized the timing of the Empire State Development Corp.’s July 18 decision to grant preliminary project approval.
Residents now have until Sept. 22 to respond to the project’s 1,400-page draft environmental-impact statement – meaning they must deal with it over the summer months, when people take vacations.
The meetings start at 6 p.m. at CB2 at Long Island University, DeKalb and Hudson avenues; CB6 at Long Island College Hospital, Hicks Street at Atlantic Avenue; and CB8 at 520 Prospect Place.