Appellate Court Rules Against Atlantic Yards Opponents
Bruce Ratner wasted no time announcing his intention to plow ahead with the construction of the Atlantic Yards Arena in the wake of a Court of Appeals ruling in his favor. “This is really the last hurdle that we have and now we can do what our company does best and build an arena and…
Bruce Ratner wasted no time announcing his intention to plow ahead with the construction of the Atlantic Yards Arena in the wake of a Court of Appeals ruling in his favor. “This is really the last hurdle that we have and now we can do what our company does best and build an arena and houses,” said Ratner on Friday, hours after the Appellate Division of State Supreme Court rejected Goldstein et al’s position that the state improperly used eminent domain to seize properties from nine owners who did not want to sell. If Ratner does indeed move ahead with plans to build, the arena the public gets may be substantially different than the glitzy renderings from starchitect Frank Gehry that were used to build public support for the project early on: Ratner has already trimmed the budget for the project by 20 percent and has admitted that he may not use Gehry’s design at all. And Ratner can’t get going quite yet. The plaintiffs have vowed to appeal to the Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) and there’s still pending litigation surrounding the state’s environmental impact study. “At a minimum, if we lose every single thing imaginable, it’s still going to take them four to six months,” said attorney Matthew Brinckerhoff. The delay is particularly important because Forest City Ratner has only until the end of the year to secure its tax-exempt financing for the arena from the state.
Eminent Domain Case is Dismissed Unanimously [AY Report]
Court Rebuffs Yards Opponents as Legal Options Narrow [NY Observer]
Ruling Puts Ratner Closer to Nets’ Arena [Newsday]
Appeals Court Dismisses Suit Against Atlantic Yards [NY Times]
Ruling Could put Atlantic Yards Project Back on Track [NY Daily News]
I don’t think of it as a hole, I just enjoy the light values around there.
BTW – rancor & rancour both acceptable.
“Sounds like abuse of the court system”
wrong. try again.
Lothar…I’ve done some stupid things in my life but I would never admit to voting for Nader if I had done so. 🙂
From what I’ve read the AY plans were flawed, traffic will be a nightmare, taxpayer money was acquired through suspicious means, and eminent domain was not appropriate.
That being said I’d rather have AY go forward than walk past that giant ugly hole for ten more years.
You guys are admirable holding to your ideals in the midst of this. You remind me of the Lothar of the Clinton Hill People that voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 and then wished he didn’t after the next eight years nearly dissolved our country.
Sounds like abuse of the court system….just to use it as a delaying tactic in hope that may make it economically unfeasable.
Sounds like abuse of the court system….just to use it as a delaying tactic in hope that may make it economically unfeasable.
project opponents would still be fighting and litigating it.
should be
project opponents wouldn’t still be fighting and litigating it.
On a procedural note this decision is not out of the NY Court of Appeals in Albany (which is the highest court in the State) but the NY Supreme Court Appellate Division 2nd Dept. in Bklyn. Petitioners could seek to re-argue in the 2nd Dept before a panel of 4 different judges, or move for leave to the Court of Appeals to hear the case at the Court’s discretion. Either way…its going to be a while.
“The covert race/class innuendo was to subvert the What from calling it out as such. I don’t actually subsribe to that.”
Whatever…
The What
Someday this war is gonna end…