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January 14, 2008
Atlantic Yards foes vow to appeal ruling
MetroNY
By Amy Zimmer
State Supreme Court Judge Joan Madden ruled on Friday in favor of the Empire State Development Corp., the state agency overseeing Bruce Ratner’s $4 billion Atlantic Yards project, by dismissing a lawsuit challenging the plan filed by 26 community groups. The arena for the Brooklyn Nets, to be called Barclays Center, is expected to open in 2010, according to Forest City Ratner Companies, which has awarded more than $40 million worth of contracts for the project and has demolished, or scheduled demolition, for roughly 50 percent of the structures within the 22-acre footprint. The community groups plan to appeal, according to Ratner-foe Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. The group wants the project halted while a separate federal eminent domain suit filed by 13 homeowners, business owners and tenants is pending.
Posted by lumi at January 14, 2008 5:21 AM