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February 15, 2006
HOOP LAWYER IS BOUNCED
The award for best headline in the opening legal salvo goes to the NY Post for Patrick Gallahue's coverage of yesterday's ruling:
While [Justice Edmead] refused to block the demolition of buildings within the Prospect Heights development site, Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Carol Edmead chastised Ratner and his governmental partner, the Empire State Development Corp., for an apparent conflict of interest.
Attorney David Paget was paid $30,000 by Ratner for work unrelated to the Atlantic Yards project. At the same time, Paget worked on the project's environmental review for the state authority.
NoLandGrab: For clarification, the word is that Paget's firm is currently doing outside work for Ratner and billed about $27K (not $30K as the Post states).
Posted by lumi at February 15, 2006 8:37 AM