AY Appeal Denied, Construction Headaches Begin
Yesterday there was word that another legal challenge related to Atlantic Yards had been denied, and construction on the complex began to inconvenience Dean Street residents. The New York State Appellate Division denied a motion for an appeal for a case that was tossed in November related to the legality of the ESDC’s relocation plan…
Yesterday there was word that another legal challenge related to Atlantic Yards had been denied, and construction on the complex began to inconvenience Dean Street residents. The New York State Appellate Division denied a motion for an appeal for a case that was tossed in November related to the legality of the ESDC’s relocation plan for 13 renters (12 of them rent-stabilized) in the Atlantic Yards footprint. According to Atlantic Yards Report, however, attorney George Locker plans to file the same motion before the Court of Appeals. If the Court of Appeals decides to take the case, the lawsuit could stay alive for another year, said Locker. Meanwhile, there’s an article in the Daily News this morning about how construction on the mega-project is starting to hit home for people who live nearby: Hundreds of Dean Street residents woke up yesterday morning without water as contractors began to work on replacing an old water main. “This is just the beginning, and it’s already starting up,” said one person who lives on Dean Street. “Imagine when it’s midway through the project. It’s gonna get worse.”
Yet Another Atlantic Yards Appeal Dismissed [NY Observer]
The “Other” AY Lawsuits Might Take a Year to Resolve [AY Report]
Pipe work at Atlantic Yards Shuts Water Off for Residents [NY Daily News]
Atlantic Yards Renter Relocation Lawsuit Tossed [Brownstoner]
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Bx2Bklyn – you are optimistic that once AY is completed the anti-AY folks will be recongnized by its supporters as being correct about the net negative of the project.
I (mostly pro-AY) intend to follow the playbook of many anti-AY folks and maintain my position no matter what the economic or factual realities.
So just like anti-AY folks continue to cite Metrotech as a horrible failure despite the enormous economic, psychological and physical sucess of the project. Even if AY results in overflowing sewers, 24hr gridlock, and overcrowded schools and trains; I intend to maintain that it is a complete success. (why not – clearly TRUTH is not something that most people seem to value)
The PS side of Flatbush is certainly going to feel it, in this construction. Nobody fool themselves about that. The wind will carry the dust and smells. The traffic will be backed up clogging all the PS main arteries AND little side streets both as cars attempt to divert to other streets. The fact that same traffic jam will happen in PS every time there is a game at the stadium, yeah, they do get to say something about it! Ridiculous.
I don’t live in PS btw. I just think it’s ‘tarded to say only those directly across the street from AY will be affected by AY.
10:51 – So I guess under your assessment then approximately 50 people can speak freely on AY’s?
No 11:13 – the work is scheduled for Sat for 8 hours – no one (who works Mon-Fri) has to go to work smelly, no one is going to go thirsty – this “catastrophe” is just another example of Anti-AY hype.
Listen, 10:55 and 11:13, take your opinions and file them under NIMBY. We will have no rational arguments here!!!!! So sayeth Ratner’s bobbleheads!
So they noticed the work for a Saturday and then did it, without notice, on a Wednesday instead? At 8:30 am? Regardless of what you think of AY, that does indeed suck. Very, very bad form.
My Con Ed bill is already going up because of this project. Does that give me rights or not? Ditto $2 billion of taxpayer money. Does that count?
“”If you don’t live adjacent to the project you shouldn’t have an opinion nor repress ours.”
Please specify the boundaries that permit people to express their opinions. For example, does the right to have an opinion disappear for those residing on the PS side of Flatbush Avenue? If not, then what block cuts off opinion?
Also, since you don’t live near Yankee Stadium or Hudson Yards, you can no longer have an opinion on those projects. Thanks for your cooperation.”
How about if the dust from the construction is not inside your living room then you need to watch what you say about this project. The difference between two blocks from the footprint and the footprint is night and day. We who live here are inside a construction zone. Its noisy, its dusty, our neighbors are gone. Not true on the PS side of Flatbush.
“If you don’t live adjacent to the project you shouldn’t have an opinion nor repress ours.”
Please specify the boundaries that permit people to express their opinions. For example, does the right to have an opinion disappear for those residing on the PS side of Flatbush Avenue? If not, then what block cuts off opinion?
Also, since you don’t live near Yankee Stadium or Hudson Yards, you can no longer have an opinion on those projects. Thanks for your cooperation.
The courts are manned by people who have relationships with ratner, developers and politicians. Judges are not appointed based on their skill and experience- you can read the Times about that very issue today. They are political appointees or put up for election by virtue of their connections.
As for the idea that anti-AY people are chicken littles- seems to me that ratner and the pro-AYers long ago presented this project as the savior of Brooklyn. Talk about your religious nut jobs. No one thinks of stoop-pissing as armageddon, but rather than deal with the very real concerns of a project this size, pro-AYers simply brush them aside and will continue to do so until the real impact is felt and all the pro-AY hype is proved to be a lie. Enjoy your Roman circus…er…Nets games. Who knew it would be so cheap and easy to win you over?