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December 19, 2005
Plan to flatten 6 bldgs. ripped
NY Daily News
Three Brooklyn elected officials are demanding an independent evaluation before Bruce Ratner tears down six buildings to make way for his Atlantic Yards development.
"Where is this notion coming from that they are structurally unsound?" [City Councilmember Letitia] James asked. "It is nothing more than an attempt and a ruse to create blight in the neighborhood and to scare people.
"If we are denied access there will be litigation," she added.
Ratner spokesman Joe DePlasco disputed the allegation and said the developer would provide tours of the buildings.
Local residents understand that the Underberg Building is dilapidated, but wonder if Ratner has let other buildings recently fall into disrepair to bolster his claim that the neighborhood is blighted.
Posted by lumi at December 19, 2005 7:41 AM