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February 17, 2006

WRECKING CREW

Brooklyn Papers:

But at one point, [Justice Carol R. Edmead] blasted Braun as “bone-headed” for claiming that Ratner did not even have to inform state authorities that he intended to demolish the buildings he owns.

And Baker scored points when he presented evidence showing that Ratner had filed a demolition plan months before his engineer declared the buildings an imminent danger.

But it was too little, too late; Edmead accepted Ratner’s argument that the demolition was legal because the buildings are at risk of immediate collapse.

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Posted by amy at February 17, 2006 7:37 PM