tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-152087962012-01-20T22:22:09.829-05:00We are local residents who opposed the taking of Macombs Dam and Mullaly parks by the Yankees for a new stadium. We are also against the construction of an additional 4,500 parking spaces which will attract that many or more cars to an area which is already known as "Asthma Alley". With a new Yankee Stadium MetroNorth Station and present garages and surface lots, the new garages are worse than superfluous.*noreply@blogger.comBlogger7171100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15208796.post-65128633212651703682010-12-10T09:22:00.000-05:002010-12-10T09:22:57.991-05:00

LOL. Except, no.

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The owner of the financially troubled Yankee Stadium parking system plans to hike game-day rates by as much as 50% next year in a last-ditch effort to avert defaulting on millions in tax-exempt bonds. Stadium self-parking prices will zoom from the current $23 to $35, while valet prices will go from $36 to $45. That's according to financial documents filed last month by garage owner Bronx Parking

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AS PREDICTED.

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(Click the title above to read with hyperlinks, or below without)Activsts Say Yankees Not Living Up to Their End of Agreement; Lawsuit May Follow“We are here because there is a disconnect between the world we live in of the South Bronx and the world of justice and equality,” said Lydia Lebron (see video above), pastor of the Resurrection United Methodist Church in the South Bronx, at a rally

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FINALLY.

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Everything discussed in the article is correct, except that the meeting is on TUESDAY, not Monday! That means this evening!The article:Things are finally on schedule.That's the message that city Parks Department officials are expected to deliver Monday night at their quarterly update on the redevelopment of parkland around the new Yankee Stadium.After years of delays and red tape, the city has

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With larger revenues than projected, Bronx Parking's costs are outstripping income. Operating costs of FIVE MILLION DOLLARS? To run a self-parking garage, and don't valets mostly make tips?!This is a sleazy sleazy deal for the city. Thanks Bloomberg!

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And yet the old stadium still stands.

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The new Yankee Stadium is built, but where are the promised ballfields for kids?Juan Gonzalez - News Wednesday, February 17th 2010, 4:00 AMOne of the big questions Yankees manager Joe Girardi must decide before the end of spring training in Tampa Bay is whether Curtis Granderson or Brett Gardner will be the team's new centerfielder on Opening Day.But in the snow-draped streets around Yankee

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Area businesses have seen sales declines since the construction of the new stadium. Maybe they should begin catering to the neighborhood residents?Click the title above to read the article.

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Well, the analysis is in folks! (New) Yankee Stadium officially sucks! Click the the title above to read all the many many many ways over at Deadspin.

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Yankees Claimed a Park; Children Got Bus RidesBy JIM DWYERPublished: October 23, 2009Here are the final days of October. The new Yankee Stadium rocks with thrilling games. The Bronx kids who lost their parks for that new stadium travel the city for places to play.“The Yankees gave us a bus — actually, they gave us $37,500 for a bus,” said Paul Krebbs, the president of All Hallows High School,

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YANKEE STADIUM REPLACEMENT PARKLANDAS REGULATED UNDER THE LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND ACTINCONSISTENCIES WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING GARAGE A AND RUPPERT PLAZA, AS COMPARED TO WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT DURING LWCF AND NEPA REVIEWSPrepared by: Lukas Herbert, AICP August 23, 2009Click the title above to read the full report

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Click the title above to be taken to the Bronx News Network's rundown of last night's Parks Department briefing on the state of the Yankee Stadium demolition and the replacement parks.

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This week, BronxTalk featured an expose about the broken promises that were made in the building of the new Yankee Stadium. Two representatives from the 4DSbx coalition spoke with host Gary Axelbank about the stipulations in the Community Benefits Agreement that have not been followed. There was also a presentation about how the original plans for parking garages have not been followed.Click the

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Click the title above to read the article at the Daily News site. It includes an admission by Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe that this is a problem, which is a switch from downplaying the issue which seems to have been Parks policy up to this point.

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Yankee Stadium Death Watch: Day 331By Neil deMause in Baseball, Bricks and Mortar, Featured, Politics, Stadium DevelopmentMonday, Aug. 17 2009 @ 1:34PM​As anyone who's been to a game at Fake Yankee Stadium lately can attest, the old home of the Bronx Bombers across the street remains relatively intact, nearly a year after its final game. The last of the seats were sliced out in early June (taking

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Bronx News Network has a report, with slide show, of a protest at Yankee Stadium. Click the title above to be taken to their site.

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Yanks Don’t Need to Give More Stadium Documents By RICHARD SANDOMIRPublished: July 31, 2009 An Albany judge has quashed a subpoena demanding that the Yankees provide two Assembly committees with far more documents about the financing of the new Yankee Stadium than the team has provided.The subpoena was a central part of the contentious exchanges between Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky and Randy

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NY judge rejects Yankee Stadium funding subpoenaJuly 30, 2009 By The Associated Press MICHAEL VIRTANEN (Associated Press Writer)ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has quashed a subpoena from lawmakers literally seeking a truckload of documents from the New York Yankees about construction and financing of the team's new Bronx stadium.State Supreme Court Justice John Egan Jr. said the Yankees already

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Replacement of parks in (slow) motionBY BENJAMIN PEIMWednesday, July 1st 2009, 10:44 AMLocals still waiting for the replacement parks promised when construction of the new Yankee Stadium destroyed the old ones got a dog-and-pony show last week, but not a lot of good news.While the new Stadium was completed on schedule, locals are still waiting for completion of all the promised replacement

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Group's study blasts city for park construction lagsBY BILL EGBERTTuesday, May 19th 2009, 4:00 AMWhile the Yankees scoop teaspoonfuls of dirt from their old stadium to sell for upwards of $80 each, the community that lost its parks to the new stadium are still waiting for a ballfield of their own.With the demolition of the House that Ruth Built expected to take nearly a year and a half, it will

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Bidder Up: Yankees and City Reach Deal to Sell Stadium Memorabilia By KEN BELSONPublished: May 11, 2009A brick is a brick is a brick, unless it came from Monument Park at the old Yankee Stadium. That is the pitch the Yankees are going to make to their fans when they start selling off every removable scrap from their old home in the Bronx.The Yankees said Monday that they would pay New York City

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Yankees in Albany courtroom to fight stadium subpoenaAssemblyman wants detailed documents about project's cost, ticket prices By ROBERT GAVIN, Staff writer Last updated: 1:43 p.m., Tuesday, May 5, 2009ALBANY -- An Albany judge may decide whether the New York Yankees must release thousands of documents about their new $1.5 billion, taxpayer-subsidized stadium.Today, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky of

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This article may interest you. If so, click the title to read it in full. Here's a taste:"On opening day, clueless commissioner Bud Selig pronounced every seat in (Yankee) stadium "affordable". In the heyday of Wall Street profits and corporate spending, perhaps. Not now. The PR nightmare and the loss of expected revenue has already forced the Yankees to bow to pressure and lower prices.

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Click the title to read the article at the SI.com site.

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Judge pressures Yankees to show stadium documentsBy MICHAEL GORMLEY | Associated Press WriterApril 22, 2009ALBANY, N.Y. - A New York judge is ordering the Yankees to give him a catalog of financial records sought by state lawmakers investigating the use of public funds to help build the team's new stadium, or prove the data should remain private. Two Assembly committees subpoenaed the records in

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Click the title for a nice helping of schadenfreude.

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Displaced by the Yankees, Some Bronx Athletic Teams Go Homeless By MANNY FERNANDEZPublished: April 18, 2009The roar of the fans could be heard for blocks on Saturday as the New York Yankees played their third regular season game in their new $1.5 billion stadium. Hours earlier, the junior varsity baseball squad from All Hallows High School sprinted onto the field for their fourth game of the

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The Yankees' Field Of ScreamsThomas B. EdsallEdsall@huffingtonpost.com"Wall Street bankers supposedly back the Yankees; Smith College girls approve of them. God, Brooks Brothers, and United States Steel are believed to be solidly in the Yankees' corner... but, as they say, who can fall in love with U.S. Steel?" - Gay Talese in "There Are Fans... And Yankee Fans"On Thursday afternoon, some 48,271

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Click the title above to read this excellent report, including maps and hyperlinks.

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Click the title above to be taken to the New York Times website, where you can read YET ANOTHER ARTICLE about YET ANOTHER SCANDAL involving the construction of the new Yankee Stadium. And YET AGAIN the Times reports the news JUST AFTER it is too late to do a thing about it. Thanks, New York Times!

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Bronx kids still waiting for new fieldsFriday, April 10th 2009, 4:00 AMThe baseball season officially begins next week for All Hallows High School - a wonderful Bronx Catholic school in the shadows of the new $1.5 billion Yankee Stadium.The varsity team's home opener will be against Iona Prep on Wednesday, but the game will not be played in the Bronx. It will not kick off a few blocks away at

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From the House That Ruth Built to the House the IRS Builtby Travis Greaves and Joseph HenchmanNew York City and New York Yankees Abuse PILOTs to Finance New StadiumFiscal Fact No. 167Executive SummaryBaseball season is finally here, and thousands of baseball fans are heading to the ballpark to cheer on their teams and enjoy America's national pastime. One baseball club that is always discussed

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Breaking With History in the Bronx By JIM DWYERPublished: April 3, 2009The pharaohs would be at home in the new Yankee Stadium, if they could peel enough gold leaf off their sarcophagi to cover the costs of tickets. The monumentality of the place goes on display this weekend for the first games.In dimensions and decor, the new stadium, handsome and comfortable, is meant to evoke the old one. But

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Yankees, Mets Embalm Baseball at Stadiums Costing $2.3 Billion By James S. RussellRead the whole review by clicking the title above, but here's a little taste:"There are even fewer surprises at the new Yankee Stadium, a far haughtier enterprise over in the Bronx that cost a head- spinning $1.5 billion."The Yankees have replaced the supermax prison look of its old home with pompously

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A Late Rush to Tidy Up the Yankees’ New HomeBy MATHEW R. WARRENPublished: April 3, 2009In the days before the Yankees play their first game in their new stadium — an exhibition against the Chicago Cubs on Friday — an extensive beautification effort has been under way around the perimeter and in the neighborhood.Inside the stadium, workers cleaned and polished metal railings. Outside, landscapers

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Grand Stage for Yanks, but at a Cost By HARVEY ARATONPublished: April 2, 2009On the day the Yankees took the field in the gleaming new house that has already stirred debate about the real estate boom and bust, the sun broke through early-day clouds, Derek Jeter gave the new digs a firm thumbs-up and a Steinbrenner (Hal) answered the ceremonial first question about the manager’s job security.“This

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The Long Buildup Before Teams’ New BuildingsBy RICHARD SANDOMIRPublished: April 2, 2009The Yankees announced their intentions in the mid-1980s, regularly and loudly demanding a renovated home in the Bronx or a new stadium — and threatening to leave for New Jersey if the city failed them. The Mets came next, nearly a decade later, quietly seeking a replacement for Shea Stadium.Plans were drawn and

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Lawyer Who Was Hired by Yankees Sues the Team’s Bronx Community CharityBy FERNANDA SANTOSPublished: March 31, 2009A lawyer hired by the Yankees to oversee the distribution of hundreds of thousands of dollars given by the team each year to community groups in the Bronx on Tuesday sued the nonprofit organization set up to divide the money, claiming that its chairman had mismanaged the funds.The

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Fund's gift strikes out with school: Students lost playing field but got a pitching machineBY MARIA CLARKTuesday, March 31st 2009, 9:05 AMThe All Hallows High School baseball team may have lost its field of dreams, but at least it has a pitching machine. Problem is, the players can't use it.Too powerful for the school's tiny gym and too heavy to lug to practice sessions elsewhere, the 600-pound

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Sparks fly over lawsuit in Yankee charity rowBY BILL EGBERT DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERTuesday, March 31st 2009, 4:00 AMA bench-clearing brawl is brewing behind the scenes at the charity set up by the Yankees for the community affected by construction of the new Yankee Stadium. Michael Drezin, the lawyer hired by the team to incorporate and administer the New Yankee Stadium Community Benefits Fund,

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Yankees near deal with city on sale of Yankee Stadium piecesBY BILL EGBERT AND GREG B. SMITH DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERSWednesday, March 25th 2009, 4:00 AMThe Yankees could pocket millions selling pieces of the House that Ruth Built under a tentative agreement with the city, sources say.Under an "agreement in principle," the Yankees would pay the city $10 million for the sale of what is salvaged

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New Stadium park in on-deck circleBY BILL EGBERT DIALY NEWS STAFF WRITERMonday, March 23rd 2009, 11:48 PMThe first of the long-awaited replacement parks for the Yankee Stadium neighborhood will finally open next month - sort of.A portion of the new Macombs Dam Park soccer field that is being built atop a stadium parking garage is set to open to the public in April, according to the city Parks

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Yanks Tear Up Outfield -- and Not Just By Releasing Bobby AbreuPosted by Neil deMause at 3:31 PM, March 18, 2009The long wait in the Bronx may be close to an ending: A WCBS radio news helicopter flew over Yankee Stadium (the real one) yesterday and snapped photos of the outfield turf starting to be peeled off and removed. Will an actual wrecking ball be soon to follow?If so, it will be sad news

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03/18/2009 10:16 PMLack Of Parks Surround New Stadium, For NowBy: Shazia KhanWhen the Yankees take the field in their new stadium, city residents who live in the surrounding neighborhood say they will still be waiting for theirs. NY1's Shazia Kahn filed the following report.The Bronx Bombers' new stadium is ready for opening day, but it's coming at a cost to its neighbors. The stadium was built

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Cause for Concern as Carrion Begins National Post Former Bronx borough prez backed Bloomy's Yankee giveawayBy GABE PRESSMAN Updated 5:00 PM EST, Fri, Feb 20, 2009Related Topics: The Bronx | Adolfo Carrion Adolfo Carrion, the borough president of the Bronx, has been appointed as White House director of urban affairs. He has done some good things in the Bronx: helping to revitalize run-down areas,

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Yankees quietly negotiating with Bank of AmericaBY ANTHONY RIEBER | anthony.rieber@newsday.comFebruary 4, 2009While the Mets have been taking the heat for their naming-rights deal for Citi Field, the Yankees have been quietly negotiating a megabucks sponsorship deal with Bank of America for the new Yankee Stadium that does not include naming rights.The Yankees and Bank of America were reportedly

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Yankee Stadium rec area cost out of the parkBy Daniel MasseyPublished: January 27, 2009 - 2:29 pmThe cost of replacing more than 22 acres of South Bronx parkland displaced by the new Yankee Stadium has skyrocketed 67% to nearly $195 million, according to a new report by the Independent Budget Office.Design revisions, project additions, unanticipated cleanup of hazardous materials and construction

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Tear Down Stadium and Build Up the Bronx By HARVEY ARATONPublished: January 24, 2009 Months after its rousing and official farewell, old Yankee Stadium stands strong, proud and in one piece, shuttered but not altogether silenced.Twenty-two days until pitchers and catchers, its message board atop the outer wall reminded passers-by last week — one day before the Yankees finally left the building.

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Yankee Stadium and Citi Field are the Houses That You BuiltUpdated Sunday, January 18th 2009, 1:12 PM For the last time, the Yankees aren't building a new Yankee Stadium for the Bronx because it is the poorest Congressional district in the country. And they aren't building it for you anymore than the Mets are with Citi Field. This isn't about a grand slam home run for the city's economy. It is a

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Muni Bonds for Yankee Stadium Would Break Law, Legislator SaysBy Henry GoldmanJan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- New York City’s Industrial Development Agency would break the law by approving $430 million in taxable and tax-exempt bonds for a new Yankees baseball stadium, state Assemblyman Richard Brodsky said.“Everything is being done in a bum’s rush,” Brodsky said of IDA hearings set for tomorrow and Jan.

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Joking, but Also Jabbing, at Yankee Bond HearingBy DAVID M. HALBFINGER and COLIN MOYNIHANPublished: January 16, 2009No fists were thrown, so Day 2 of the chest-puffing, name-calling contest between a corporate-welfare-assailing state assemblyman and officials of the richest team in baseball never quite degenerated into the kind of circus that might have captured the spotlight on a day when other

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City Approves $370.9 Million to Complete Yankee StadiumBy RICHARD SANDOMIRPublished: January 16, 2009New York City’s Industrial Development Agency approved $370.9 million in primarily tax-exempt bonds on Friday to finish construction of Yankee Stadium with all the upgrades the team had sought, from better security to a new scoreboard to replace one that did not meet its needs.The agency’s board

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A New Yankee Stadium, the Same Old PoliticsBy JIM DWYERPublished: January 13, 2009These may be the last days that officials in New York can make decisions about how much more help the city will give the Yankees baseball company to finish its new stadium in the Bronx — a building with a steakhouse, a museum, more private suites and fewer ordinary seats than the old stadium, protected by moats of

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Democratic Pile-OnJanuary 13, 2009Yesterday, Rep. Anthony Weiner was criticizing Mayor Bloomberg's fiscal management skills - the core rationale of the mayor's push to extend term limits and seek a third term. Today it's Comptroller Bill Thompson's turn.Thompson, who says he intends to fight with Weiner for the right to challenge Bloomberg on the Democratic line in November, accused the mayor and

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THOMPSON: CITY MISMANAGED COST ESTIMATES FOR STADIUM FINANCING* * *Comptroller Cites Lack of Oversight andFinancial Competency as Cause of Inflated ExpensesNew York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. today accused Mayor Bloomberg and the New York City Industrial Development Agency (IDA) of financial incompetence during negotiations for a new Yankee Stadium, saddling City taxpayers with

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At the New Yankee Stadium, Sanity Rides the BenchBy JIM DWYERPublished: January 9, 2009Suppose a public school wanted some nice new things.Things like a 60-inch plasma television for every class, a dining room outfitted with leather banquettes and linen tablecloths, and an emerald green playing field.Suppose, also, that the school already had working televisions, a lunchroom with folding tables

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(Click the title above to read the article with hyperlinks)Brennan and Brodsky Convene Hearing on Yankee StadiumBrodsky_AssemblymanRichard92AD Legislative Committees Seek Information from New York City, NYCIDA, and YankeesNew York, NY -- Chairman James Brennan (D-Brooklyn) of the Committee on Cities, and Chairman Richard Brodsky (D-Westchester) of the Corporations, Authorities and Commissions

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Yankees want us to pay for fancy johnsThursday, January 8th 2009, 11:38 PMSabo/NewsLess than three years after they got $942 million in tax-free bonds for a new Bronx stadium, the Yankees are at the public trough again.With our city facing the worst financial crisis since the Depression, and more than 200,000 people expected to lose their jobs by the end of the year, baseball's richest team wants

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$2 Billion in Taxpayer Money to Yankees to Yield 22 New Permanent JobsBrodsky_AssemblymanRichard92AD New York City Proposes to Give Yankees $430 Million For Television/Audio-Visual System, Concession, and Other Stadium AdditionsBrodsky Committee Continues to Seek Data in Face of Stonewalling by NYCIDA and CityNew York, NY -- After weeks of stonewalling, New York City released two of dozens of

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Yankees swing for bling in new planBY GREG B. SMITH and GLENN BLAIN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Thursday, January 8th 2009, 1:34 AM More than a quarter of the $370 million in taxpayer financing in the Yankees' latest demand would go to shiny new toys like giant video screens and upgraded luxury suites, documents show.Nearly $95 million is for "scope modifications" - items not in the team's original

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City Trades Its Yankee Stadium Suite for CashUli Seit for The New York TimesPublished: January 6, 2009After intense criticism, the Bloomberg administration has given up a perk it worked fervently to secure: a free luxury suite at the new Yankee Stadium.Skip to next paragraphRelatedTimes Topics: Yankee StadiumThe city will relinquish use of the 12-seat box in exchange for whatever revenue the

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The Yankees' latest request for cash is yanking N.Y.'s chain By Paul Weinstein Sunday, January 4th 2009, 11:06 AM Christmas came early for Yankee fans this year. In a period of about a month, the Bombers spent $423 million for arguably the three best players on the free agent market, possibly putting themselves smack back into World Series contention.Unlike those in Beantown, I don't begrudge the

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Brodsky Seeks Delay in Yankee Stadium Vote Seeks Disclosure of Yankee Stadium InformationElmsford, NY -- Assemblyman Richard Brodsky (D-Westchester), Chairman of the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions, today released a letter to the members of the New York City IDA asking them take two immediate steps with respect to the request for an additional $454 million in public funding

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Bloomberg’s Economic Development Office Announces Rushed Vote on More Bonds for Yankees’ and Mets’ StadiumsBack Door Giuliani-Era Practice RevivedNew York, December 23, 2009 – Good Jobs New York today denounced the New York City Industrial Development Agency (IDA) for announcing a rushed vote on $454 million in proposed additional tax-exempt financing for the new Yankee and Mets Stadiums.In the

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It's a wonderful lieSaturday, December 20th 2008, 9:35 PMMike LupicaCity demanded free suite, food from Yankees, e-mails revealHow city went to bat for Yanks in tax ripoffThe amazing thing, now that we see how Mayor Bloomberg's New York works when he wants something, is that Shelly Silver, Speaker of the State Assembly, stopped Bloomberg when our mayor desperately wanted to hand over the last

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Click the title above to read this article with hyperlinks at the Village Voice siteE-mails Show City's Tricky Math in Yankee Stadium DealPosted by Neil deMause at 3:01 PM, December 17, 2008As Juan Gonzalez first reported in this morning's Daily News, Assemblymember Richard Brodsky has obtained more e-mails between city officials on the Yankees' stadium project -- and they're doozies.The latest

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E-mails reveal how city went to bat for Yankee to inflate value of stadium landTuesday, December 16th 2008, 10:50 PMMayor Bloomberg's aides secretly pressured city tax assessors to inflate the value of land under the new Yankee Stadium so the team could qualify for nearly $1 billion in tax-free bonds, city e-mails show.In March 2006, the city's chief tax assessor put the market value for the

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Brodsky Expands Inquiry into Public Subsidies of Sports StadiaElmsford, NY -- Assemblymember Richard Brodsky (D-Westchester) today announced an expanded inquiry into the move toward additional taxpayer assistance of $450 million for the construction of the new Yankee and Met stadia. This assistance is in addition to the over $2 billion already given. The Chairman had begun the inquiry by

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This may not rise to the story the Daily News editors killed a few years ago, around 2003, exposing Dan Doctoroff just when the Olympics effort was mounting steam. That led to a reporter to leave the Daily News (if he wasn't ushered out). And this may not rise to the crimes of Christine Quinn or Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.But it sure seems so...We all saw the recent story by Tom

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As Stadiums’ Costs Rise, City Agrees to New Bond Offerings By CHARLES V. BAGLIPublished: December 8, 2008With opening day for the city’s two newest baseball stadiums only four months away, the price tag for taxpayers continues to rise.The Bloomberg administration has issued fresh estimates for utility work, lighting and the cost of replacing the parks and ball fields that once stood where the new

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Bronx battle is onby patrick arden / metro new yorkDEC 4, 2008A letter from 200 psychologists helped torpedo Barack Obama’s pick of John Brennan to head the CIA. Now housing advocate Betty Robinson hopes a homegrown letter-writing campaign can ambush Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion’s chances of taking over HUD.Carrion, in a 2006 Metro interview, defended his tussles with community boards 4

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'Benefits' of stadium are a city whitewashBY BETTINA DAMIANI AND GEOFFREY CROFTWednesday, December 3rd 2008, 11:31 AMIn a recent column, Seth Pinsky, president of the city Economic Development Corp., led Bronx Boro News readers to believe that the new Yankee Stadium going up across the street from the current stadium is a gold mine for the community.Anyone questioning the project wasn't "in his

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City Pressed Hard for Use of Yankee Luxury Suite DAVID W. CHENPublished: November 29, 2008 The Bloomberg administration was so intent on obtaining a free luxury suite for its own use at the new Yankee Stadium, newly released e-mail messages show, that the mayor’s aides pushed for a larger suite and free food, and eventually gave the Yankees 250 additional parking spaces in exchange.Assemblyman

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City demanded free suite, food from Yankees, e-mails revealBY JUAN GONZALEZ AND GREG B. SMITH DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Saturday, November 29th 2008, 8:13 PM Mayor Bloomberg's top aides engaged in a behind-the-scenes brawl to win a free luxury suite at the new Yankee Stadium that could wind up costing taxpayers, e-mails show.Some of the mayor's top deputies spent months threatening and cajoling to

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For Sports Teams, Mayors Play Ball at the City’s ExpenseBy JIM DWYERPublished: November 7, 2008By complete accident, the latest in a series of totally innocent mistakes that goes back three full decades, the Yankees baseball company — a very for-profit business — has once again managed to underpay the rent it owes to the City of New York. This time, the amount came to $11.3 million, as calculated

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$11M BALLPARK FIGUREYANKEES CAN'T SLIDE ON THE RENTBy JEREMY OLSHANThe Yankees have agreed to fork over $11 million to the city in back rent - money the team probably would have preferred to spend on an ace starting pitcher for next season.The team underpaid the city the equivalent of Mike Mussina's salary between 2003 and 2006, according to an audit by City Comptroller William Thompson.Under the

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City balks over Yankee Stadium documentsby patrick arden / metro new yorkNOV 6, 2008New York. The Bloomberg administration is refusing to hand over documents requested by a Congressional subcommittee investigating how the city secured tax-exempt financing for the new Yankee Stadium. U.S. Rep Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) has claimed the probe discovered “substantial evidence of improprieties and

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As Stadiums’ Costs Swell, Benefits in Question By CHARLES V. BAGLIPublished: November 3, 2008Days after taking office in 2002, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg killed Rudolph W. Giuliani’s plan to spend $800 million in city funds to build baseball stadiums for the Yankees and the Mets, saying they were too expensive during a recession.Three years later, Mr. Bloomberg unveiled his own plan calling for

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Tax-exempt bonds part of baseball's growth planThe irony is lost on no one as the issue of tax-free bonds being used to finance the building of the new facilities for baseball's Yankees and Mets and the NBA's Nets in New York City continues to be investigated by both the state of New York and the Congressional Subcommittee on Domestic Policy.At a time when the Presidential race centers on the

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Yankees Say They Would Have Left Bronx if PushedBy RICHARD SANDOMIRPublished: October 24, 2008WASHINGTON — Randy Levine, the president of the Yankees, told a Congressional hearing Friday that if the city had not issued tax-exempt financing for the team’s new stadium, it would have left town.“It’s been no secret for many years” that the team would move if it could not save tens of millions of

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Click the title to read the article with hyperlinks (includes video).

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Just call the new Yankee Stadium the House That Tax Subsidies BuiltWednesday, October 22nd 2008, 2:02 AMThe federal government just gave America's richest sports team another gift.For the second time in two years, the Internal Revenue Service has approved special rules that allow the Yankees to use additional tax-free bonds to pay the skyrocketing costs of the team's new stadium.This time around,

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Stadium appraisals under fireBY MICHAEL FRAZIER | michael.frazier@newsday.comOctober 16, 2008A congressional panel has scheduled a hearing in Washington next week to determine whether appraisals of the Bronx property on which the new Yankee Stadium is being built were manipulated by the city.Critics claim New York City inflated the property's value more than six times its actual worth to secure

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Congress Questions Appraisals of Stadium By RICHARD SANDOMIRPublished: October 16, 2008The chairman of the Congressional subcommittee investigating the tax-exempt financing of the new Yankee Stadium said that city officials could be prosecuted if the Internal Revenue Service determined they lied about the ballpark’s property value.Based on the $1.2 billion value of the land and the new stadium,

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Pols probing city on Yankee stadium aidBY GREG B. SMITH AND JUAN GONZALEZ DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERSThursday, October 16th 2008, 1:49 AMThe city may have improperly inflated the value of the new Yankee stadium by hundreds of millions of dollars and lied about it to the IRS, investigators charged Wednesday.Rep. Dennis Kucinich, head of a House subcommittee probing taxpayer funding of sports arenas,

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Washington investigates Yankee Stadium appraisalsBY MICHAEL FRAZIER | michael.frazier@newsday.com8:10 PM EDT, October 15, 2008A congressional panel has scheduled a hearing in Washington next week to determine whether appraisals of the Bronx property on which the new Yankee Stadium is being built were manipulated by the city.Critics claim New York City inflated the property's value more than six

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For Immediate Release: Contact: Nathan White (202) 225-5871Kucinich Steps Up Pressure on NYC OfficialsCooperation Insufficient in Subcommittee’s Investigation of Stadium FinancesWashington D.C. (October 15, 2008) – In a letter to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Chairman of the Domestic Policy

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Click the title to read the entire article. Here's an excerpt:Think about this: Bank of America, one of the few remaining entities in the People's Republic of Wall Street, has reportedly agreed to pay $20-million a year over multiple seasons for naming rights to … well, something. See, the Yankees won't sell naming rights to Yankee Stadium. They're going to sell naming rights to different parts

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City's field of schemes in Bronx?BY BILL EGBERT DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERMonday, September 22nd 2008, 8:46 PMA newly rediscovered photo of former grass field near Yankee Stadium has stirred activists. A parking lot since the 1970s, it has often been used as an off-season ballfield.A recently discovered photograph of a baseball diamond just west of the old Yankee Stadium has reignited questions

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Foul Ball: Congressional Committee Criticizes New Yankee Stadium DealSeptember 21, 2008 10:45 AMPosted by Brian BaxterOhio congressman and former Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich is not a fan of the New York Yankees.Before the historic baseball franchise closed out its last game at Yankee Stadium on Sunday night with a 7-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles, North America's most

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Moguls Steal Home While Companies Strike OutFriday 19 September 2008by: Bill Moyers and Michael Winship, t r u t h o u t | PerspectiveHere's an excerpt. Click the title above to read the whole article."On Opening Day in 1923, New York Governor Al Smith threw out the first ball and John Philip Sousa led a big brass band playing his famous marches. It was the Roaring Twenties, when the money flowed

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South Bronx neighborhood taking hit from new stadiumBy Tom FarreyESPN The MagazineYankee Stadium, with the largest capacity in baseball, a venue too grand to call a ballpark, needed fans to fill all those seats. And in the era of borough-based teams, the Yankees found many customers in the South Bronx neighborhoods surrounding the stadium that was built in 1923. These were the first and second

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Dennis Kucinich says Yankee Stadium tax deals smell badBY GREG B. SMITH DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERThursday, September 18th 2008, 8:08 PMTaxpayer handouts for the new Yankee Stadium should stop until questions are answered about "improprieties and possible fraud" regarding $942 million in tax-exempt bonds already approved, a congressman said Thursday.In a hearing on Capitol Hill, Rep. Dennis Kucinich

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Yankee Stadium deal criticized by lawmakersBy DEVLIN BARRETTWASHINGTON (AP) — A congressional panel has taken tough swings at the New York Yankees and New York City government over a new stadium for the Yankees. But neither the team nor the city budged from their positions on the $1.3 billion structure.Rep. Dennis Kucinich said Thursday he found "waste and abuse of public dollars" in the

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Yankees’ Deal May Have Violated Law, Report SaysBy CHARLES V. BAGLIPublished: September 16, 2008New York City and the Yankees may have violated federal tax regulations and state laws in using $943 million in tax-exempt bonds to build the baseball team’s new stadium, according to a report issued on Tuesday by Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky.Saying the taxpayers are footing the bill for the $1.3

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Brodsky Slides in Front of City's Stadium PlansWestchester assemblyman has Dennis Kucinich on his side—but why all the fuss?BY ELIOT BROWN | SEPTEMBER 16, 2008On Thursday, inside the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C., two legislators will convene a hearing on the financing of New York sports stadiums. Neither are from New York City, but the duo, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky of

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