January 18, 2006, NY Post — Foes of an NBA arena in Brooklyn are filing a lawsuit today in state Supreme Court, The Post has learned. The suit, filed by a half-dozen community groups, seeks to block Bruce Ratner, the new owner of the New Jersey Nets, from demolishing six buildings in the footprint of his planned $3.5 billion arena and complex of commercial and residential skyscrapers. Ratner, claims the buildings are in danger of collapsing; opponents call that an intimidation tactic against the holdouts. The lawsuit requests an independent analysis of his engineering report on the buildings.
Lawsuit Says Nuts to Nets [NY Post]