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sbrylski. This is going to happen I'm sure, but it's another unnecessary 2 month delay in it all and if these particular frustrations continue to spill into the local community, then perhaps ULURP gets uglier than it should.
This also just continues to build bad rep. I know this is Maddd and the Yankees, but for this purpose, NYCFC is tied to them and so they'll likely get roped into some of the distrust by association. Which is disappointing, especially since the thing that this club has done absolutely the best during its existence is its work in the community, specifically in the Bronx.
The article included a few quotes from some board members echoing their frustrations. Here are some additional quotes that we did not include from other board members:
“In speaking with some of the board members, we get the feeling that this was all planned. Just to let you know. This is leaving a bad, bad taste in our mouths. To the point where we’re going to get very skeptical when anybody says they’ve come from downtown and they’re here to help us. Beware of that, for the future.” "And to all parties involved, this community, we do not need lousy neighbors. All the parties should consider what they’re doing. So we can move forward.”
“A lot was said and its more so the sentiment. I think I speak for a lot of us. We’re tired, we bent over backwards to make this happen in a short amount of time. We bent over backwards so that the board members really understood what was going on. So they could become comfortable so we could move this forward in this tight timeline. I think [she] said it perfectly. It's like we’re being played and in my opinion this is another kind of example of this in regards with this community. You know, we said we’re gonna do this, you have to do it in this timeline, forget about it. Or this goes away and now we get more of this. To [his] point, this is suspicious, there's going to need to be a lot of trust building that needs to happen. A lot of it, because right now I'm tired, I'm suspicious."
“I just don't understand how something in the final hour, of all these organizations, it's the Yankees, it's not tee-ball."
“Just to be very clear, and it's already been said, this has certainly led to a level of distrust......But with Maddd Equities, Wendy, thank you again for joining and speaking your part and I understand you have a job to do. But the truth of the matter is, this looks very shaky. And you as an individual, taking off your professional hat, you know this looks like garbage and you don't put garbage before people and think they’re going to naturally be receptive and happy about it. To my fellow board members, at this point we have to realize we don't have money power. And truth be told, money power equals political power. So lets move out of our feelings and what we think or what we feel or what we know to be right, we have to organize ourselves along the lines and the strategy of what we hope to gain from this deal as a people and organize accordingly."
This last quote here kind of brings it full circle. Why are they doing this at the last second? They had months to get everything right, they wanted to force the earlier vote, and then at the last second, wanted to pull it back. But they still expect that this vote will happen and this will be revisited.
“It’s just weird, that it's their own agreement, that they’re like dying to get done, that had to come before us before June, otherwise it'd be taken off the table. And then they themselves, are objecting, or want to change the terms of their own agreement. I mean, that's just weird. I don’t understand it, but ... One thing I will say is that I would be surprised if they didn't come back to us in the fall asking continuing to pursue this. And I bet that whole, you know, weird negotiating tactic that they had that they were going to withdraw from the deal if they didn’t vote for us by June was a complete bluff. But I just don't know why they’re doing that. They don't communicate with us like a regular human being.”
