The Buck Certainly Doesn't Stop At Errol Cockfield's desk

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ESDC's new strain neglects campaign refrain

In the run-up to the beginning of Governor Spitzer's administration, New Yorkers heard this familiar refrain:

"Everything changes, on Day One."

Today's NY Times ran Spitzer's new tune, sung by tenor Errol Cockfield, ESDC spokesperson:

"The project was approved by the previous administration, not this administration. The horse has left the barn."

So let me get this straight, the ESDC's hands are tied even though the sale of MTA land hasn't gone through and the money Patakis' (corrupt) administration promised is not in Ratner's greedy little hands? If a burglar was on the on the lose that a previous administration ignored, Spitizer's administration wouldn't prosecute because the thief already got away with it?

I can't recall a more pathetic case of bureaucratic passing the buck. That Cockfield would abdicate responsibility for the largest proposed project in New York City history one that could have enormous environmental and financial circumstances, indicates that Forest City still wields quite a bit of influence with this new Administration.