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November 14, 2007
Atlantic Yards Tenants Strike Out In Brooklyn Appellate Court
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
By Elizabeth Stull
After finally appearing “in the correct church,” a group of rent-stabilized tenants in the Atlantic Yards footprint found little to praise in a recent decision from a Brooklyn appellate court.
In a judgment released Wednesday, the court rejected the tenants’ claims that the state has no plans to provide them with the relocation assistance they deserve.
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The statute requires that to condemn real property, the state agency (Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) must have “a feasible method” for relocating displaced families and individuals into “decent, safe and sanitary dwellings which are or will be provided in the project area or in other areas not generally less desirable..., at rents or prices within the financial means of such families, and reasonably accessible to their places of employment.”
Posted by lumi at November 14, 2007 5:10 AM