Saturday, October 11, 2008

Pig BP rolling in tainted dough

Being the biggest booster of Brooklyn's controversial Atlantic Yards project has really paid off for Borough President Marty Markowitz.

Since 2003, Nets owner Bruce Ratner and others involved in the $4 billion plan for an NBA arena and 16 apartment and office towers in the heart of Brooklyn have quietly funneled at least $680,000 to three nonprofit groups set up by Markowitz to run pet projects, a Post investigation found.

The pet projects -- which include promoting tourism and offering free concerts -- have been instrumental in boosting Markowitz's popularity and getting him re-elected, critics charge.


BEEP REAPING BIG AS YARDS BACKER

Four more years!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This should be investigated and exposed: where is the preservation community?

Oh yes, having polite morning coffees.

Jerks.

Anonymous said...

I bet this is happening everywhere.

Who will look into this?

Anonymous said...

markowitz sucks bloombergs ass like quinn . get rid of bloomberg and markowitz is nothing. eminent domain his job like he votes to have people condemed