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November 4, 2005
ATLANTIC YARDS OPPONENTS SAY RATNER DONATION IS PAYBACK
NY Sun
The Downtown Education Consortium organization created out of a deal between Brooklyn community groups and the potential developer of a Brooklyn Nets basketball arena, Forest City Ratner Companies, received $87,000 for youth education programs from Forest City Ratner, the organization announced yesterday. The donation was roundly criticized by opponents of the plan, some of whom stand to lose their homes under eminent domain laws if the development goes forward, as payback for being part of a group that endorsed the development scheme by Forest City Ratner for the Atlantic Yards.
Posted by lumi at November 4, 2005 7:54 AM