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July 22, 2005
BROOKLYN DEVELOPMENT
The Crain’s Insider Fax Service
Civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel will try to convince the Rev. Al Sharpton to reverse his support for Forest City Ratner’s downtown Brooklyn development plan. The proposal will likely require the use of eminent domain. Siegel is fighting to change state law to limit the land takings. He says of Sharpton, “I’m not sure he understands that this is a civil rights issue.”
Posted by lumi at July 22, 2005 7:54 AM