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December 13, 2006
NYS moves to seize arena land
Field of Schemes updates readers on the latest Atlantic Yards news:
New York's state Empire State Development Corporation has issued condemnation letters to property owners on the site of Bruce Ratner's proposed Brooklyn Nets arena, the first step in seizing the buildings by eminent domain. (Lame duck ESDC chair Charles Gargano said last week that no eminent domain proceedings were imminent - whoopsie!) The dispute will now head to court - well, actually, it already is in court.
The big question on everyone's minds, meanwhile, is: Will state assembly leader Sheldon Silver ride to the rescue and delay next week's vote of the Public Authorities Control Board on Ratner's Atlantic Yards plan, thus stalling things until new governor Eliot Spitzer, who has generally backed the plan but expressed qualms about the undemocratic process, takes office next month?
Posted by lumi at December 13, 2006 8:19 AM