Via a post on No Land Grab titled “MTA Police DDDB Database? Photographers Detained at AY Site,” here’s a vid about the recent incident of police harassment of a videographer in the Atlantic Yards “footprint.”
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Fun with Photography: A Vid About Atlantic Yards Police Harassment
March 19, 2008Bklink: There Goes the Water
January 17, 2008
“If residents living near the Atlantic Yards project didn’t feel personally affected by the controversial $4.2 billion basketball and skyscraper project, they might now. In one of the first irritations to hit Prospect Heights as a result of the project, hundreds of Dean St. residents awoke Wednesday without water – compliments of Forest City Ratner and the Department of Environmental Protection. ‘This is just the beginning, and it’s already starting up,’ griped Dean St. resident Brad White, who learned of the temporary water shutoff Tuesday night. ‘Imagine when it’s midway through the project. It’s gonna get worse.'”–NYDN
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