set speed on Borough President Marty Markowitz last night at the PHNDC meeting: he “made a showing and I must say I was quite disappointed by his performance. For an elected official … to read off a 5 minute statement verbatim from a sheet of paper shows utterly, a lack of respect for his citizens.”

Markowitz, who took no questions, basically stated he would be happy to see Atlantic Yards developed by anybody–absolutely anybody, not necessarily Bruce Ratner–as long that somebody has financing, a basketball team and a neat website. Not sure if Markowitz stayed for Letitia James’s comments, but he did appear to leave in a hurry.

Also: does the Ratner opposition need spelling lessions? Read more…

Snow about an hour ago on Underhill Ave. It’s still coming down.

Paging Harvey Keitel.

Go take a look at the minipix (moonmilk.com).

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