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]
Any woman seen in public wearing Nets gear is an obvious unrepentant slut. Everyone knows that.
Congrats to the guy! He had his day(s) in court(s) and his voice was heard. I’m not sure if he has exhausted all of his appeals, or whether he can still literally afford to, but at some point this saga must end. If this is the end, I would like to hear his view on whether he received a fair hearing in each case, and if not, why not.
At this stage though, I am inclined to simply want the project to start! I’m not much of an NBA fan, though I was caught up in the last good Knicks team in the 90’s. I expect that I would be a regular in the Nets arena simply because of its proximity. It was always a bit of a trek to get to the garden, whereas I would be able to walk to AY. Sounds selfish I know, but lets be real, I dont know the guy, and I suspect his life will be just dandy even if he has to move to a nice new place.
fsrg- first of all I didn’t know the name of the judge. On the other hand, considering everything that has gone on with AY, nothing would surprise me. There’s been far too much back room dealing and despite all of it, and all of the special exceptions and even outright flaunting the rules, Ratner still wins out. Sorry, fsrg- my money and yours is being handed to Ratner on a silver platter- I want to know why and how. As far as Gerges- well, Spitzer “Mr. Clean” shocked us too. At that level of power, no one is above suspicion, NY Supreme Court Justice or no. It ain’t sainthood.
Regardless whether you favor the Arena or not, the Goldsteins stood up to power, they did what most of us would never do, sacrificing several years of their lives for something they believed in and from which they ultimately have no gain. We should all be thankful there are people in this city like them, they protect us more sheep like creatures who are pushed along, bought off, don’t want to get involved or just to busy with our lives to make a stand like they did.
Agree with fsrq. I believe Danny did the developers a favor believe it or not. Had they started building the residential and office towers the project would have gone belly-up as all financing dried up early last year. Now, with their powder dry and no bad loans to build unleasable buildings, they are in a much better position to start the arena part of the project in late 2010. The rest will follow when the economy picks up. Their original timing was terrible and the lawsuit actually saved them.
MM, if all of those four right things had been done, there would have been a much better chance for a much better plan and much less opposition.
And, if anyone is annoying, it’s Ratner and his allies with all of their deceptions used in promoting this disaster.
QUOTE: “hopefully (my bias shows!) Brooklyn Arena will be on the way so that free agents will believe that they won’t have to spend their careers in Newark.”
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?
Also, the city was a bit player in this…Albany has more control. Because most of the land belonged to the MTA, decisions could be made at the state level and avoid ULURP.
MM – you are giving Danny way too much credit – killing projects through a thousand cuts (read: lawsuits) is an old and well worn tactic in this city, the only thing unique about Goldstein and AY is that in this case the development may actually survive.