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February 8, 2007
Yards sued on plan to grab land
The Daily News
By Jotham Sederstrom
It took us forever to find it, but at least the Daily Snooze ran a short article covering yesterday's hearing in its Brooklyn edition, unlike The Times and Post, who are busy covering Fashion Week.
Thirteen property owners threatened by the controversial Atlantic Yards project fired their first legal salvo yesterday, challenging the use of eminent domain to make way for the 22-acre development.
Seeking to have their case heard before a federal judge, the plaintiff's attorneys argued that developer Forest City Ratner and city and state officials - including former Gov. Pataki and Mayor Bloomberg - skirted due process for the sake of private development.
"We have the right to have our federal claims heard," attorney Matthew Brinckerhoff said before Magistrate Robert Levy in Brooklyn Federal Court. "Our federal constitution has been violated."
Posted by lumi at February 8, 2007 9:15 AM