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June 7, 2007
NBA arena foes dealt setback
Asbury Park Press, "New York Briefs," from wire reports:
A federal judge on Wednesday delivered a setback to Brooklyn residents trying to stop the state from leveling their homes to make way for a new arena for the NBA's Nets.
U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis dismissed one of two major legal challenges to the project, which also is to include office space and as many as 6,400 apartments.
Thirteen holdout tenants, homeowners and business owners in the mega-development's vast footprint sued last year to save their properties. They said the planned seizures were a sham, orchestrated for the sole purpose of enriching the Nets' principal owner, Bruce Ratner.
Garaufis called that allegation baseless.
The development, dubbed Atlantic Yards, must overcome other legal hurdles, including a lawsuit in state court challenging the validity of the state's review of the project's environmental impact.
Posted by lumi at June 7, 2007 6:16 AM