Final Hold-Outs Emerge At Atlantic Yards

This ‘blighted’ house at 481 Dean Street has emerged at the last minute as the final barrier to the bulldozers at Atlantic Yards. According to The Post, the Ahmed family is still living there and, despite having already accepted the standard $85,000 relocation fee Ratner was offering renters to move, refusing to budge. “They saw that man got all that money last week and thought, why should they leave?” said a relative of Aisha Ahmed, whose ex-husband bought the building in 1988. Ahmed’s two children are now claiming that they should each get an additional $85,000 buyout. It turns out that neither Forest City Ratner for ESDC even knew people were still living in the house. The Post also reported that a teenager entering the house late in the day yesterday said that the issue had been resolved.