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April 20, 2007
Demolition delayed: Facing lawsuits, Ratner will wait for ruling
The Brooklyn Papers
By Ariella Cohen
At a Manhattan State Supreme Court hearing on Tuesday, Ratner agreed to delay demolition work on the Atlantic Yards site for at least four days, giving Justice Joan Madden time to rule on the latest courtroom attempt to delay the $4-billion, 16-tower residential, office and arena project.
Tuesday’s hearing centered on Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn’s request that the court halt demolitions for the 22-acre project until the court rules on the group’s larger lawsuit, which charges that the state’s environmental review of the project was incomplete, and must be redone.
Madden asked the developer to hold off on demolitions — which were to be begin on April 18 — until she could rule on the DDDB request for the temporary restraining order.
As a result, not only were Ratner’s demolitions called off, but so was a rally at the construction site planned by DDDB for the same day.
Posted by lumi at April 20, 2007 8:38 AM