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October 6, 2006
Man, Yards backers in bldg. cam kerfuffle
NY Daily News
By Jose Martinez
A Prospect Heights homeowner who is holding out against the Atlantic Yards development has filed a lawsuit accusing the bosses of the $4.2 billion mega-project of spying on him.
In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, Lars Williams contends that Forest City Ratner employed "thug-like tactics" to force him to sell his father's home on Sixth Ave.
The lawsuit claims that when the Williams family refused to sell, the developer of the proposed Nets basketball arena allegedly set up a video camera near their home to monitor the "comings and goings and private activities" of Williams and his sister.
NoLandGrab: Call us sticklers, but isn't having someone arrested a little more than a "kerfuffle?" The article doesn't mention that the lawsuit states that the camera was installed on Williams's property.
Posted by lumi at October 6, 2006 6:55 AM