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Foes of Brooklyn arena raise security issue
"Newark's situation has validated our concerns, and Brooklyn deserves no less than the same consideration." Opponents of Brooklyn's planned NBA arena said Sunday that Gov. Eliot Spitzer should address security concerns connected to the project, citing the decision by officials in Newark, N.J. to close streets abutting a new arena there.Daniel Goldstein, a spokesman for the group Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, said the terror risk for the planned Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn 'is potentially far greater than that faced by the Newark arena.''The time for a review of the impacts of a terrorist threat against Atlantic Yards and a state hearing on the issue is now,' Goldstein said. Read more