For years, the pressure had been on developers to care about something more than the bottom line.

Proponents say it could reduce politicians' dependence on developers and others who do business with the city.

And what we end up with is essentially a system which throughout the system it's putting pressure on developers.

"It's incumbent on developers to take things to that level."

When considering measurement, too much emphasis has been placed on economic developers for "not creating jobs."

However, the project still is very low on developers, so progress is slow.

Politicians don't want it; they depend heavily on developers for campaign contributions.

Chinese banks, in turn, are slow to foreclose on developers.

I understand that the entire burden shouldn't be placed on developers.

"My point has always been it's bad to rely exclusively on developers."