Many of the Bloomberg apologists on Daily Gotham try to claim that either he has nothing to do with the horrible development plans that are sweeping NYC, or that the process is all open to the public and hence people MUST be happy with these development plans. But the truth is very different. The process is NOT an open one. Instead, community-developed plans are ignored and secret deals are made behind closed doors between representatives of Pataki and Bloomberg and Bruce Ratner. Let’s start with an August 20, 2005 article in the Submitted by mole333 on 24 August 2005 - 8:39am.