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]
Whatever gets put there is going to be a huge ugly unusable mess exactly like Atlantic Mall is. I’d prefer it stay a hole.
Hey Goldstein, I know some people who could use your help keeping a merry-go-round out of a park!
Why would being on the wrong side of the East River be any more attractive to free agents than being on the wrong side of the Hudson?
Posted by: Sparafucile at March 1, 2010 2:32 PM
Dems fightin words.
bxgrl, the lawsuit wasn’t about “the lack of traansparency, the special favors,…the lies,” so your glib and spurious accusation about bribery is way off-base. The lawsuit alleged “illegality of some of the procedures” and the court found that not to be the case.
Get the fuck out!
***Bid half off peak comps***
MM and mimi: hear, hear. Dan Goldstein could have taken a lucrative buyout of his apartment, but he stood firm and fought for what he believed in.
Having said that, I agree that at this point, even if he or others have other avenues to appeal, they should just move on and let the project begin, as it inevitably will. Let’s get something built there already.
“It was always a bit of a trek to get to the garden, whereas I would be able to walk to AY”
and drunks will be able to walk in front of your apartment and piss, and traffic will be able to clog your once quite streets.
Anyone ‘cheering’ for this is openly supporting corruption and outright stealing. Just because the government says it’s ‘ok’ doesn’t mean it’s right. Bruce Ratner is stealing properties from middle class home owners. He is a billionaire. There is nothing ‘right’ about this.
Whether the team is good or not is irrelevant. this project will be a DISASTER for the neighborhood. You think the traffic is bad now? Wait til the arena comes to town (we all know Brooklyn and LI-born folks don’t use public transportation). I won’t even go in to the imorality of using eminent domain for private gain. Unless you consider enriching Marty Markowitz “public good.”
crap, IJ- now I suppose I’ll have to shred my new jacket with a razor blade 🙁