Brooklyn civic leaders urged the state and developers to present a clear plan for the number and types of affordable housing units proposed for the next phase of the Atlantic Yards/Pacific Park project, as the public engagement process unfolds over the next two months.
At Tuesday’s Atlantic Yards Community Development Corporation board meeting, several civic leaders pressed Empire State Development and the Brooklyn Ascending Land Co., the new joint venture leading Phase Two of the project, to release details on how many affordable units they plan to build, the size of those apartments, and how they will use area median income (AMI) to set rents.
The state and developers were asked to reveal these figures as soon as possible, as the first memorandum of understanding between the developm

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