Re: [UC] Another neighborhood screwed, Daily News- don't forget 43rd and Baltimore Avenue

2010-04-17 Thread mcgettig
Glenn, I think there is indeed a relationship between the city's abrupt turnover of the property in Susquehanna and what is going on in our neighborhood. Even more apropos than Clark Park's immediate fate is, in my opinion, the disposition of the property at 43rd and Baltimore, once

Re: [UC] Another neighborhood screwed, Daily News- don't forget 43rd and Baltimore Avenue

2010-04-17 Thread Anthony West
An interesting case and good questions, Mary. I don't know what the taxpayers got by turning over the abandoned private school to Women Against Abuse for $1. But there are some clues as to what the citizens got. Women Against Abuse has a website (http://womenagainstabuse.org/). Although one

Re: [UC] Another neighborhood screwed, Daily News- don't forget 43rd and Baltimore Avenue

2010-04-17 Thread Glenn
So, there is certainly a pattern here, I believe, of (some corrupt, some possibly well-intended) developers, politicians and non-profits engaging in a particular type of real estate shenanigan. Politicians and their associates help developers get ahold of city-owned property and make money off