Critics jeer Atlantic Yards downsizing

Developer Forest City Ratner’s reported plans to downsize the Atlantic Yards project in downtown Brooklyn has left some critics unsatisfied. City Councilwoman Letitia James said the project needs to be scaled back further. Some, however, including Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz, welcomed the downsizing as sufficient. more [NYDN] and more [NYT]
Also, could the Atlantic Yards project be shrunken even more in the future? more [Slatin]