BREAKING: Judge Backs Eminent Domain Seizure at Yards
The Brooklyn Paper is reporting that State Supreme Court Justice Abraham Gerges this morning ruled against property owners in the footprint of the Barclays Center, paving the way for Forest City Ratner to begin construction on the controversial arena. In one fell swoop, the judge rejected 14 claims by the owners as being meritless. The…
The Brooklyn Paper is reporting that State Supreme Court Justice Abraham Gerges this morning ruled against property owners in the footprint of the Barclays Center, paving the way for Forest City Ratner to begin construction on the controversial arena. In one fell swoop, the judge rejected 14 claims by the owners as being meritless. The properties affected by the ruling include the home of Develop Don’t Destroy leader Daniel Goldstein, above.
Judge Rules Against Yards Property Owners [Brooklyn Paper]
from William Manchester’s bio of Winston Churchill, referring to his prescient backing of Irish peace activist Michael Collins:
“Then, at 7:30 pm on August 22, a band of De Valera’s gunmen ambushed Collins and his convoy on a back road in county Cork, in a gulley called Bealnamblath, between Macroos and Bandon, and Collins was slain. He was thirty years old. Almost his last words were: “Tell Winston we could never have done it without him.” The martyred hero was wrapped in the green flag for which he had given his life, and his keening mourners sang, to the tune of the “Londonderry Air,” that most haunting of Irish songs, now, for him, a dirge.
Although not a fan of AY, I have to tip my (wool tweed) cap to an excellent song parody, DIBS. One of the better ones on this site.
what would the fire be? do you think the 18 billion net worth dude defaulted on a $50 mio deposit bc he doesn’t have the cash (or liquidity)? or do you think that maybe he’s a completely rational business person who realizes that a market price drop of 40-50% on a $500 mio negotiated price at peak is significantly more than the deposit? in other words, just like miami/pho/lv where it’s smart to walk from your deposit.
ensuite bathrooms and renovated cellar?
Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From court to court, and down the Atlantic hole
The summer’s gone, and all the roses falling
‘Tis you, ’tis you must go and I must bide.
But don’t come ye back when summer’s in the meadow
Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow
‘Tis I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, you got to go.
But when ye go, and all the flowers are dying
Your case is dead, as dead it well may be
You’ll come and find the place where work’s begun
And kneel and say an “Ave” there for AY.
And I shall hear, tho’ soft you tread above me
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be
For ye shall bend and tell me that you love me
And Brooklyn shall sleep in peace with thee no longer here.
there are only a few lots left. he already got control and took down a bunch of buildings. still think developers need to show some proof of funding..
arent there really only a few lots out of the whole plan that he doesn’t own?
And isn’t Goldstein the only holdout of condo owners in the 1 building?
“He thinks once there is a giant hole in the middle of brooklyn, the city will have to step in an bail him out.”
In case you hadn’t noticed, there’s already a giant hole there. And it’s been there for more than 40 years. Time for some change. See ya, Goldstein.
goo-bye daniel goldstein. may we never hear your name again…