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October 27, 2006
Brooklyn Property Owners And Tenants Announce Lawsuit Against Forest City Ratner
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The ten plaintiffs say the state is abusing its right of eminent domain to take their properties for the project.
They say eminent domain cannot be used to benefit a private developer, which is being done in the present case with Forest City Ratner.
"This is a textbook case of the government taking a person's private property – their homes and their business – and giving it a private entity, a private company, Mr. Ratner, so that he can benefit," said plaintiff attorney Matthew Brinckerhoff. "And that is absolutely forbidden by the Constitution."
Posted by lumi at October 27, 2006 8:30 AM