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June 6, 2007
FCRC Wins Major Battle for Atlantic Yards
GlobeSt.com
By Katie Hinderer
The lawsuit, titled Goldstein v. Pataki, was organized primarily by Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, a local community group composed of many current residents in the area where FCRC is planning to develop. The plaintiffs were 13 residential and business owners who object to the use of eminent domain to seize their property for the planned mixed-use development. These residents filed against FCRC as well as the former Governor George Pataki, the Empire State Development Corp., Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
While Garaufis granted the defendants request to dismiss the case, DDDB plans to fight back. “We will appeal the ruling,” says the lead attorney for the plaintiffs, Matthew Brinckerhoff. “We are confident that the appellate court will allow this case to proceed to trial, at which the citizens of New York will finally learn the real reason plaintiffs’ properties were selected to be forcibly taken, and why Ratner was chosen to reap an unprecedented financial windfall.”
Posted by lumi at June 6, 2007 10:23 PM