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September 30, 2005

Brooklyn arena opponents call community group a front

NY Newsday
AP

More BUILD denials:

BUILD said in an August filing with the Internal Revenue Service that it would receive $5 million from the developer's Forest City Ratner Companies. BUILD chief operating officer Marie Louis said Thursday that the group had received no money from Ratner and did not expect to receive any. Cheryl Duncan, a spokeswoman for BUILD, said the group had projected receiving the money from Ratner but no longer expected to. She said Ratner is providing office space to the group.

A Ratner spokesman said the developer supported BUILD and other worthy local organizations but had not purchased the group's support.

"It is the right thing to do and FCRC encourages others to do the same," spokesman Joe De Plasco said.

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NoLandGrab: Let's see if we get this straight. So, BUILD is not being supported by Ratner but IS receiving office space, they no longer expect to receive support, and Ratner IS supporting them, but the developer supports many other groups too and encourages other developers to do the same.

Posted by lumi at September 30, 2005 6:37 AM