A Message from Empire State Development (ESD) regarding the April 30th public hearing on the Atlantic Yards Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement:
On March 28, 2014, the Board of
Directors for the New York State Urban Development
Corporation, doing business as Empire State Development
("ESD"), accepted the Draft Supplemental Environmental
Impact Statement ("the DSEIS"), adopted an amendment to the
Modified General Project Plan ("the Proposed Amendment"),
and authorized a Public Hearing in connection with the
Atlantic Yards Land Use Improvement and Civic Project.
The DSEIS is being prepared in compliance with a Court Order
requiring ESD to examine the environmental impacts of a
potential delay in the completion of Phase II of the Project
to 2035.
ESD will be holding a Public
Hearing, open to all persons, on Wednesday April 30,
2014 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Long Island
University, 75 DeKalb Avenue, Room HS107, Brooklyn, New
York. The public hearing will allow all interested
persons an opportunity to provide comments on the DSEIS and
Proposed Amendment under SEQRA and the UDC Act,
respectively. Protocols for the hearing are provided
below for your review. Written comments on the
DSEIS will be accepted through Monday, May 12, 2014, and
written comments on the Proposed Amendment will be
accepted through Friday, May 30, 2014. Written
comments should be delivered to ESD at 633 Third Avenue, New
York, New York 10017, Attention: Derek Lynch, or may be
submitted by e-mail to [email protected]. All email
submissions will receive an email response confirming
receipt from Mr. Lynch within two business days.
The DSEIS and Proposed Amendment
are provided at the link below. Additionally, both
documents are on file at our office (633 Third Avenue, New
York, New York 10017) and are available for inspection
during business hours. Digital copies of the DSEIS and
Proposed Amendment are available on a disc by mail or by
email without charge, as requested. Please contact
ESD's Derek Lynch at (212) 803-3736 or [email protected] for
more information. Also, please refer to the Public
Hearing Notice, linked below, for further details on where
paper copies have been made available for public review in
Brooklyn.
The following are materials in
connection with the Public Hearing on the DSEIS and Proposed
Amendment that you may find useful: