The question: Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner has sold the naming rights to his new arena for the Brooklyn Nets to a British bank with historic ties to slavery, the Holocaust and apartheid. How do you feel about that? — photos and reporting by Michael Giardina
| “It’s not righteous, if he’s going to tear up a community and not put back into it. If [Barclays Bank] was involved in the slave trade, it’s not right. Give it back to the community.” Gary Smith, Flatbush |  |
| “If it’s coming fromthat type of money … then forget it.” Fred Foster, East New York |  |
| “I don’t like it. It seems like they’re just stealing from the community. I don’t think they should do it because, they are already taking peoples’ money from taxes. The funding is not right.” Kevin Foster |  |
| “I’m for the stadium just as long as it creates jobs and they’re paying the right wages. But I don’t condone the idea of making a dollar off somebody’s hardships. I wouldn’t vote for Barclays. Why couldn’t Ratner pick one of our banks? The arena is in our country.” Billy Joe Walker, Far Rockaway |  |
