Anti-AY Lawsuits: And Then There Was One
The legal challenges against Atlantic Yards are dwindling. On Friday afternoon a state judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn and 25 other community groups challenging the project’s environmental impact review statement. In her 71-page decision, Justice Joan A. Madden shot down most of the lawsuit’s claims, which argued that the state’s…
The legal challenges against Atlantic Yards are dwindling. On Friday afternoon a state judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn and 25 other community groups challenging the project’s environmental impact review statement. In her 71-page decision, Justice Joan A. Madden shot down most of the lawsuit’s claims, which argued that the state’s review of the project didn’t fully account for its possible effects on traffic, security and open space. Forest City Ratner, Marty Markowitz and the ESDC hailed the decision. “We are very pleased with Judge Madden’s decision, as it further clears the way for Atlantic Yards and the thousands of jobs, affordable housing units and world-class arena—the Barclays Center—that will accompany the project,” said Forest City chief executive Bruce Ratner. The dismissal means the only major lawsuit still pending against Atlantic Yards is the one challenging the use of eminent domain for the project. DDDB says it plans to appeal Madden’s decision, and that the anti-AY fight still has plenty of life left in it. “We are disappointed by the court’s ruling. But let’s be clear: Atlantic Yards cannot move forward while the thirteen plaintiffs—homeowners, business owners and tenants—are in federal court in a separate case challenging New York State’s unconstitutional use of eminent domain. We expect to prevail in that lawsuit, as well as on the appeal of today’s decision,” said DDDB spokesman Daniel Goldstein.
NY State Supreme Court Rules for ESDC in Atlantic Yards Lawsuit [DDDB]
Atlantic Yards Environmental Impact Review Suit Dismissed [Gowanus Lounge]
Judge Dismisses Challenge to AY Environmental Review [Atlantic Yards Report]
Big Loss for Atlantic Yards Foes as Environmental Lawsuit Dismissed [NY Observer]
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking to Block Atlantic Yards [NY Times]
Atlantic Yards model from AtlanticYards.com
If you buid it they will come, i cant wait to see cars drive through your shitty brownstones while your reading crime and punishment! HAHA!!! Barclays Arena all the way baby! Race has nothing to do with this thread, all races love Basket Ball and thats what Brooklyn needs! Its a world class city with no team! wake up people!
hint: when someone starts injecting racism into the AY polemic, this subject has jumped the shark.
By the way, not only do I not watch fox news; I don’t even own a television.
my point wasn’t the subway- it was the fact that they are touting the hub as a reason they don’t have to worry about traffic- “everyone will take the train!” and improvements- fine. But unless you excavate more bedrock you can’t make the station bigger. And Yankee Stadium has a huge parking lot, and is off a major roadway. It’s not ideal but there is realistic access for cars because the truth is, people will drive. But in Brooklyn it’s the 800 lb gorilla in the room, fed by ostriches who think if they refuse to acknowledge the problem it will go away. And it is not an issue just on game night. They projected to make money the arena will have to host events around 315 days a year. And there are other issues besides people- there’s the mess and the noise and the strain on the infrastructure and area services. Brooklyn was never given the density of services Manhattan was (look at the subway map again). I’m all for building in the area- don’t get me wrong. We need development in that area- but something on this scale is just short-sighted and foolish.
bx2bklynstill and 6.18:
You ever take a subway home from a Yankee game? Just suck in your gut and stand clear of the closing doors. 50,000 fans can find a way of of that maze 80+ times a year, then 30k can get out of the Atlantic MTA/LIRR station (which will have places to sit around for 1/2 hour, unlike the late night shooting gallery up on 161st.
I’m no AY cheerleader (Im skeptical of all Ratner BS), but am still in favor of the project in general.
Regardless, there have been major improvements at that station in the last 5 years, and they are still making changes.
Again, for all the bitter haters… Rome wasn’t built in a day!
Will there be free steroids with every soda at the games?
The opponents are inept? Or just not in the pocket of every rich white developer and politician. I still dont see no arena, just a crap hole that was CREATED BY RATNER! Make no mistake, any blight there is all from Ratner at this point.
We’ll see how inept you all are in 5 years, when it is a wasteland or a land full of your worst nightmares…more rich white people for you to hate!
Be careful what you wish for, you think you hate the “nimby’s” now….watch out cause it ain’t your poor cousin out of work who is going to be living there. Just you wait.
Say it bx2bklynstill!
The trains are mobbed. Maybe not quite as bad like the numbered lines are when you’re on the run of the Midtown-Upper East or Midtown-Upper West which are truly absurd these days, but the rush hour trains through downtown brooklyn are HORRIBLE.
6:04,
You wrote “Doesn’t the President have to obtain authorization from Congress to declare war?”
The president does not declare war.
Congress does not authorize the president to declare war per se, but supposedly reserves the right to itself to declare war.
U.S. Constitution:
“Congress shall have the power to … declare War, …” It does not define the form such declarations will take. Therefore, many have argued congressionally passed authorizations to use military force are “Declarations of War.” That concept has never been tested in the American judicial system. This is what happened with Iraq: “authorization to use military force”.