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January 26, 2006
Seeing what develops
The Daily New published Dan Goldstein's rebuttal to the paper's editorial characterizing the community's law suit against Ratner and the ESDC as "ludicrous:"
Brooklyn: Re your Jan 22 editorial "Bounce this suit": It doesn't matter that the six buildings Bruce Ratner wants to demolish are owned by him. Since he chose to put his project through the state's review process, he has lost his right to demolish these buildings simply because he wants to. If the buildings are such an "immediate threat" to public safety, why are they sitting there right now with zero protection for the public, like sidewalk sheds? Why has Ratner let them sit there for 18 months? The developer who would level a neighborhood and create a traffic and environmental mess now claims to be protecting the public. What a joke. And if the Daily News thinks that Ratner and the Empire State Development Corp. — which is supposed to objectively review the Atlantic Yards proposal — having shared the same lawyer, David Paget, passes the smell test, then you need to take a decongestant.
Daniel Goldstein, Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
Posted by lumi at January 26, 2006 9:01 AM