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December 22, 2006
NY board approves big Brooklyn redevelopment plan
AP, via NY Newsday
By Michael Gormley
To supporters, it stands for jobs, housing and major league sports in Brooklyn for the first time in half a century.
To opponents, it amounts to destroying neighborhoods, creating a traffic nightmare and forcing people unwillingly out of their homes.
From any perspective, the $4 billion Atlantic Yards redevelopment stands to reshape Brooklyn with an NBA basketball arena, office towers and thousands of apartments. The project got state approval Wednesday, though it still faces a federal lawsuit filed by Brooklyn property owners and tenants. They have charged that it's unconstitutional to seize their property for the development under the legal doctrine known as eminent domain.
NoLandGrab: The coverage since the state's approval of Atlantic Yards has been pretty good, like in this article. However, to the credit of Ratner PR, the press attention comes a little too late to affect the political battle.
Posted by lumi at December 22, 2006 8:37 AM