LIC’s Hunters Point library site in lawsuit over remediation costs

The good news is at least they are going forward on the library no matter what. We all know the land around here is toxic… I guess the question is whose responsibility it is to pay for the cleanup.

LIQ, when will you get the geographics straight?

What is the deal that CB2 made? How many floors is the library?

#7, but than you would have a 15 story building blocking one of the best views in the city. The problem is that the politicians bend over backwards for companies that donate heavily to their campaigns. Then they give away concessions that benefit only one side. Let’s remember that companies are people too so the politicians don’t want to hurt their feelings.

It is also a bit ridiculous to use Queens West development as an example of the free market in action. That project was enabled by millions of dollars in public subsidies and on-site improvements as well as efforts by public agencies dedicated to seeing the project’s towers completed. It’s pretty telling (and depressing) to see how the city and state can jump through hoops to help enrich private developers, but when it comes to funding a long-promised public library or provide any other necessary services to make sure our city stays a decent place for everyone, the engines grind to a halt. That’s the legacy of NYC in recent years under the reigns of Giuliani and Bloomberg, and it’s the reason why this place is going down fast.

The wall street melt down has more to do with Cron-Capitalism then it does with Free-markets, so don’t even get me started on that. #10 the lack of the library has more to do with Bureaucratic inaction then it does with \profit motives\ of big business. The gov’t is broke and can barely keep the subways going let along build something. The whole reason there is even an opportunity for the library is the development that was done , along with the beautiful new park. So I don’t really know what the complaining is all about. I don’t see any other parks being build on the gov’t's dime. All their money is spent on gov’t pensions and giving bail outs to their crony buddies. The only new parks in the city are being done with partnerships with developers. Eg. Brooklyn Bridge Park and Gantry.

#13: With all due respect you do not know what you are talking about! Please pick up a history book! Firstly the parks, libraries, and transportation systems in NYC were NOT built by the government. Please stop by the Subway Museum. It was not until 1953 that the Subways were nationalized into the MTA, until that time there were two private companies – the BMT and IRT. The 1953 subway is pretty much the same system we have now, Since then our “great” governments have succeeded in not expanding the subway system or really even really maintained the system that they inherited.

As for the parks – Central Park was is maintained by private interests – The Central Park Conservancy, which thankful stepped in to help restore the park in the 1980′s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_park#1980.E2.80.932000

The same is true with Prospect Park and the Prospect Park Alliance. Its private funds which are restoring the park.

Then we come to the libraries. You only need to walk into the main branch of the NY Library to see private money at work. This was created by the Carnegies’s. Again the New York Public Library is NOT a government run institution but a private one, started by the Tildens, and Astors. The same is true for the Brooklyn Public Library. Again funded and operated privately.

So please do not give me “Parks, libraries, and transportation systems were all built by government.” They were created by private enterprise and are being maintain privately. Its a stark comparison between the now government run MTA and the privately run NY Public Library.

As for regulations – it was not the profit motive that got us here, it was the gov’t pork and subsides going into housing and debt that got us here. Fannie, Freddie and interest tax right offs. Crony-Capitalism, which was the most regulated areas of the economy. More regulations! Please the most incompetent players in this mess were Fannie and Freddie and they had an entire gov’t department which was regulating them.

So please before you write know a bit of your history! Without private enterprise we would not have had the very things you claim that government built!

All extremes are bad. Too much regulation chocks off growth too little creates an unstable country where only the wealthy have a say. We just need to keep a balance and make sure everybody is doing their job right.

17, I’m neither of these guys, but I think the argument is directly related to what’s happening in LIC right now with the library. We have a lot of people in this city who resent the role of the public sector and services provided in every civil society. In this climate and with the growing influence they have, I think hell will freeze over before any of us see that library on the waterfront.

Where are this week’s event listings? No new postings?

Government has its share of the blame for the financial meltdown, economic downturn, and the severity of the BP oil spill. Congress’ meddling with FNMA and FHLMC, irresponsible budgets, borrowing and deficits, and catering to environmentalists by banning nuclear power and shallow water drilling forcing firms to have to drill in more difficult areas.

We are instead fed vomit and vulgarity from ego-centric architects claiming to be sensitive to the history, context, and texture of the neighborhood.

. The article says that this won’t affect the timeline of the lic policy, just who will pay for the clean-up