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Pratt Center eNews - Spring 2008

News last updated May 3, 2008

In this Issue:

  • A Message from Pratt Center Director Brad Lander
  • Better Jobs for New Yorkers
  • COMMUTE Puts Bus Rapid Transit on the Map
  • Pushing a New Vision for Willets Point
  • Meet the Pratt Center Staff: Michael Bogdanffy-Kriegh and Rebecca Reich
  • Pratt Center Receives EPA Environmental Quality Award
  • Helping New Orleans Rebuild
  • Introducing Energy Matters
  • Contribute

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Albee Square Mall

Testimony last updated May 24, 2007

Testimony on the Amendment of the Lease of Albee Square Mall in Downtown Brooklyn

Pratt Center for Community Development
Mercedes Narciso
May 24, 2007

Thank you for this opportunity to provide testimony today. My name is Mercedes Narciso and I am a Senior Planner with the Pratt Center for Community Development, a university- based organization that works for a more just, equitable, and sustainable city for all New Yorkers by helping communities to plan for and realize their future.

The Albee Square Mall sits on a large City-owned site in the heart of downtown Brooklyn. Any action the City takes to catalyze the redevelopment of this publicly owned property should be carefully structured to maximize the benefits of the development for Brooklynites and the City as a whole. The current redevelopment plan does nothing of the kind, and we urge you to reject the amendments to the lease of this property that would make the redevelopment plan possible.

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