State Appellate Court Hears AY Eminent Domain Arguments
The plaintiffs in the Atlantic Yards eminent domain case before the State Court of Appeals yesterday landed some punches but probably fell short of a knock-out, according to Atlantic Yards Report. Much of the substance of yesterday’s arguments, which were limited to 15 minutes per side, focused on whether the State should apply a stricter…
The plaintiffs in the Atlantic Yards eminent domain case before the State Court of Appeals yesterday landed some punches but probably fell short of a knock-out, according to Atlantic Yards Report. Much of the substance of yesterday’s arguments, which were limited to 15 minutes per side, focused on whether the State should apply a stricter definition of public use in OK’ing seizure by eminent domain and whether the ESDC erred in not considering the amount of profits a private entity (Forest City Ratner, in this case) stood to make in the deal. The lawyer for Goldstein et al argued that, depending on the size of Ratner’s potential profit, the benefit to the public could be merely “incidental” in comparison. On a related note, a petition again Ratner getting stimulus funds for Atlantic Yards has been started here.
ED Argument Touches on Public/Private Benefit [AY Report]
How Much Profit WILL Ratner Make on AY? [Brooklyn Paper]
Atlantic Yards Case Starts in State Appeals Court [Brownstoner]
The beauty in all of this baseless litigation is that these selfish drains on the economy and court system are creating on-point legal precedent for every legal theory state and federal in favor of developers. excellent work boro saviors.
Did you see the links to how you can get your own Federal Stimulous Grant? Isn’t this a scam?
When I clicked on the link for “view the signatures” it only showed the number of signatures and nothing else. So, I assumed that they were not made public….unless I’m missing something? I also figure that my name and address is already out there, so I’m not so worried about it being “public”.
I tried to sign but I couldn’t find where it allowed me to hide my home address and that’s not something I want posted all over the net. How did you do that?
I signed the petition. Enough handouts to Ratner. I was apalled before the economy tanked at his insider deal and am even more disgusted now.