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March 23, 2006
TODAY: Appellate Division Arguments
Thursday, March 23, 2:00 PM
Appellate Division Courtroom, Manhattan
27 Madison Avenue (at 25th Street)
Appeal and Cross-Appeal Arguments to Be Heard Today
Arguments to be Made in Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, et al. v. Empire State Development Corporation and Forest City Ratner Companies.
NEW YORK, NY - This Thursday, March 23, the Appellate Division, First Department will hear argument in the matter of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, et al. v. Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) and Forest City Ratner Companies. (FCRC). The ESDC has appealed the decision of Supreme Court Justice Carol Edmead, which disqualified ESDC's attorney, David Paget of Sive Paget Riesel, from his representation of ESDC in its environmental review of FCRC's "Atlantic Yards" development proposal. Mr. Paget was barred from representing ESDC as a result of a conflict of interest because of his recent representation of FCRC on the same project, and the ongoing representation by Mr. Paget's firm of FCRC in other matters.
The five member appellate bench will also hear argument on the cross-appeal of Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, Inc. (DDDB) and its co-plaintiffs of a separate portion of Justice Edmead's decision. Her ruling found that ESDC's pre-project approval declaration decision, permitting demolition of six buildings in the development's proposed footprint to proceed on the basis of the developer's public safety emergency issues, had a rational basis, and accordingly, could not be disturbed by the court.
Argument will take place in the Appellate Division Courtroom, located at 27 Madison Avenue, New York, New York, at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday.
WHAT: Appellate Division Arguments: Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn, et al. v. Empire State Development Corporation and Forest City Ratner Companies. (all court papers are here: http://www.dddb.net/litigationhttp://www.dddb.net/litigation)
WHERE: Appellate Division Courtroom, Manhattan 27 Madison Avenue (at 25th Street)
WHEN:
Thursday. March 23. 2:00 PM -30-
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Posted by lumi at March 23, 2006 7:17 AM