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February 2, 2007
Small victory over Ratner
The Brooklyn Paper
The next all-too-predictably bizarre tale from "Law & Oder" Ratner-style:
An Atlantic Yards opponent who still owns land in the footprint of the skyscraper-and-arena-project has won a small victory against developer Bruce Ratner — though it may not keep him out of jail.
Lars Williams had been arrested last year for removing a Ratner-installed surveillance camera on a building on Sixth Avenue between Pacific and Dean streets.
But because the camera was actually on Williams’s own property, he retaliated with a civil suit against the developer.
At a pre-trial hearing last month, Ratner’s lawyer made a startling confession: “We made a mistake — the camera was in Mr. Williams’s building,” Williams said.
So you'd think that Ratner would drop the heavy-handed criminal complaint right away and apologize for throwing the property owner in the slammer overnight, right?
[Hint: the headline says it's a "small victory" and it's Bruce, afterall.]
Posted by lumi at February 2, 2007 9:41 AM