Brooklyn & Bronx Blighted By Billionaire Boondoggles

Ratner wants to seize 22 acres of residential buildings to build several 20-sory and 60-story buildings thereby destroying the community.
Steinbrenner wants to seize 22 acres of our centralized Macombs Dam and Mullaly Park to build the Steinbrenner Stadium thereby destroying the community.

Ratner proposed project costs $3.5 Billion of which about 40% ($1.5 Billion) is to be taxpayer subsidized.
Steinbrenner proposed project costs $1.2 Billion of which about 40% ($480 million) is to be taxpayer subsidized.

Ratner talks about 400 jobs for the Nets Arena but doesn’t reveal that the workers currently in the Meadowlands would get first dibs on the new proposed stadium.
Steinbrenner talks about 900 jobs for the Steinbrenner Stadium but doesn’t reveal that the workers currently in the House That Ruth Built would get first dibs on the Steinbrenner Stadium.

Ratner CBA is a paper sham that has no community, no benefits and no agreement.
Steinbrenner CBA is a paper sham that has no community, no benefits and no agreement.

Ratner project violates so many legal precedents, is gross in its basic injustice and fails the "smell test."
Steinbrenner project violates so many legal precedents, is gross in its basic injustice and fails the "smell test."

Ratner project would dramatically increase traffic and pollution.
Steinbrenner project would dramatically increase traffic and pollution.

Ratner plan is constantly changing except for the fact that he seizes land by underhanded means and corrupts the democratic process.
Steinbrenner plan is constantly changing except for the fact that he seizes land by underhanded means and corrupts the democratic process.

Ratner is from Cleveland but lives on the Upper East Side in NYC.
Steinbrenner also is from Cleveland but lives in Tampa, Florida.

What’s the difference?