Yeah, But Who's Monitoring the Monitor?

From Atlantic Yards Report:

Interim Atlantic Yards Environmental Monitor in place (and guess who?)

Residents around the Atlantic Yards footprint have noticed an engineer walking around and an air monitoring station set up. It turns out that, while the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) has yet to hire an Environmental Monitor, as per a Request for Proposals (RFP) issued last month, an interim monitor is in place.

The monitor? AKRF, the consulting company known for producing lengthy environmental impact reports that justify development projects while resisting legal attack. AKRF produced the Atlantic Yards environmental impact statement, which remains subject to an expected legal challenge.

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Bruce Ratner has made a mockery of the of the law, following it on the surface while ignoring its spirit. His PR people have presumably carefully calculated how to create a veneer of 'community benefits' 'building green' and compliance while actually doing little or nothing in reality. What's really interesting is that he probably puts more time money and effort into hiding the truth (otherwise known as lying) than it would actually take to really do them. Why? Is it that he lacks imagination ? He certainly has no talent as builder or developer. Or is he just power-hungry and greedy? I think the latter. There is no other way, without getting Freudian, to explain his behavior.