Brooklyn matters.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 1295225 | KanopyPublisher: New Day Films, 2007Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2017Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- computer
- online resource
- City planning -- New York (State) -- New York -- Citizen participation
- Abuse of administrative power -- New York (State) -- New York
- Eminent domain -- New York (State) -- New York
- Abuse of administrative power
- City planning -- Citizen participation
- Eminent domain
- Politics and government
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Politics and government
- New York (State) -- New York
- New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn
Title from title frames.
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2007.
Brooklyn Matters reveals how a few powerful men tried to tilt the Brooklyn landscape in favor of big real estate at the expense of urban livability. Disregarding time-honored urban planning principles and manipulating a desperate need in the African-American community for jobs and affordable housing, they pushed their own interests forward--luxury housing and a 20,000 seat sports arena. The film poses vital, timely questions that are relevant to cities across the country: What is the proper use of eminent domain? What role does environmental and economic justice play in government-sponsored projects? Who does represent the community? Should traffic-intensive projects be approved without mandatory mitigation measures? Should taxpayer money go to acquire private property for a sports arena? What and who determines if an area is "blighted?" Does the public have a right to know about the use of public finances in large-scale real estate projects?
Mode of access: World Wide Web.