Showing posts with label ESDC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ESDC. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Bullet Points: Community Objections to “Barclays” (LIBOR) Arena Operations (Most Relate Back To Zoning Override Locating Arena Close To Residences)

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The "Barclays" Center advertising oculus showing Barbra Streisand, one of the singers who has not answered an open letter fro...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

“Barclays” Center Opening Pending; Fellow Government Officials Don’t Back Bloomberg Re Minimizing NY Lawsuits Against Barclays Bank

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Noticing New York earlier covered the fact that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has acknowledged that New York City may be suing Barclays Bank over ...
Friday, July 20, 2012

“Barclays” Center Opening Pending, Bloomberg De-Minimizes Envisioned New York City Lawsuit Against Barclays Bank. Is He Out On A Limb?

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With a significant amount of New York City government hoopla about to be unleashed with respect to the opening of the “Barclays” Center (i.e...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

“Barclays” Center Opening Pending, Will Empire State Development Sue Barclays Bank?: ESD Says The Question Is Being Reviewed By ESD Counsel’s Office

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As previously covered here, Baltimore and a number of other municipal governments are suing Barclays Bank in connection with its LIBOR bench...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Whistleblowing and ESD: Culture and the Questionable Spirit In Which the State Agency Most Responsible For Atlantic Yards Wields Omnipotent Powers

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Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno was recently fired (as was university president Graham Spanier) for his inadequate whistleb...
Friday, March 18, 2011

The Real Question to Ask About the Ratner Bait-and-Switch Approach on Atlantic Yards

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In the lightning-keeps-striking department, state officials over at ESDC* appear to have been embarrassingly stung by yet one more bait-and...