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June 20, 2007
Going to the Mattresses on Atlantic Yards
A recent federal court ruling in favor of Forest City Ratner seemed to doom Atlantic Yards’ opponents—but not so fast, says Daniel Goldstein of Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. He and others plan a long march to the Supreme Court
The NY Observer
By Tom Acitelli
This week's "Sit Down" Q&A features lead plaintiff in the federal eminent domain lawsuit Daniel Goldstein:
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Photo: Joe Fornabaio |
Do you feel a successful appeal of the recent federal ruling would stop the project?
Well, first off, a successful appeal on this would simply get us to a trial. And then we would be able to make a strong case. Yes, [Bruce] Ratner is creating facts on the ground through demolitions. At this point, the issue isn’t what’s going to come down, or what’s coming down, but what goes up. If we ultimately win our lawsuit, the project as we know it can’t go up. There’s a significant amount of property that Ratner does not own. Until the day comes where the developer has the deeds, including this unit in this building, which is situated where the arena would be, the project can’t go forward. We would hope to win this appeal on the motion to dismiss in the Second Circuit Court; if we don’t, we will be writing to the Supreme Court to hear our case. This will go on and on. This is not over by a long shot.
Posted by lumi at June 20, 2007 10:25 AM