Why not buy their affection?
Bruce Ratner seems to be in the news every day. The man who has been given free reign over a 22 acre site in Brooklyn is now giving away freebees to the residents surrounding his huge construction site. I doubt very much that it will make his "neighbors" feel better since his construction site is going to make their lives miserable for years.
RATNER TO BROOKLYN: BE COOL
By RICH CALDER
BRUCE RATNER
Free air conditioning.
May 21, 2007 -- Developer Bruce Ratner is not only bringing NBA basketball and skyscrapers to Brooklyn, he's bringing free air conditioners and insulated windows.
Ratner last week sent out letters to about 700 residences around - and even within - the 22-acre footprint of his planned $4 billion Atlantic Yards project for Prospect Heights, telling residents that they are eligible to receive air conditioners and double-paned windows to help minimize construction noise.
The developer expects to spend up to $2 million on these goodies to meet a noise-reduction requirement set by state officials when they approved the plan last year.
Daniel Goldstein, spokesman for the Atlantic Yards-opposition group Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, said he was stunned to receive the letter, considering he lives in a building targeted for demolition.
"I guess like me, [Ratner's firm] expects me to be living here a long time," said Goldstein, whose group has filed one of the several suits trying to halt construction
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