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January 16, 2008
Atlantic Yards Footprint: Incredible Blight Study Claim Affirmed in Court Decision
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn highlights a portion of Justice Madden's ruling that bought into Bruce Ratner and the Empire State Development Corporation's fairy tale that the area is "blighted," claiming "most of the residents in the area continue to live in conditions that are unsanitary and unsafe."
The 26 community organizations who filed the lawsuit claimed that development/rezoning to the south of the rail yard was occurring apace when Forest City Ratner announced its project putting a halt to that development/rezoning. Judge Madden rejected this argument, and affirmed the ESDC's "blight study" claim that, to paraphrase, most of the footprint is unliveable.
Here is the relevant excerpt from Judge Madden's ruling (ATURA=Atlantic Terminal Urban Renewal Area):
Posted by lumi at January 16, 2008 5:51 AM