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February 22, 2005
A home-court advantage, say Ratner foes
NY Daily News: Homeowners in the footprint of Ratner's plan (FACT: Ratner doesn't own the property he needs to build the arena) who have refused to sell are holding out as a matter of principle.
"The project is wrong and using eminent domain to push it through is wrong," said [Dan Goldstein a] 34-year-old graphic designer. "If all I cared about was my individual apartment, I would have sold it a long time ago."
[Vince] Bruns said he would not put up such a fierce fight if the state wanted to clear his property to build a hospital or subway station.
But both he and Goldstein object to the government stepping in to take their homes to boost a private enterprise.
NoLandGrab: None of the dozens of Forest City Ratner spokespersons would comment.
Posted by lumi at February 22, 2005 6:47 AM