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June 26, 2008
It came from the Blogosphere...
The Campaign for Community-Based Planning, Supreme Court Won’t Hear AY Case, State Court Next for Plantiffs
News from Task Force Members Develop, Don’t Destroy Brooklyn: The US Supreme Court has denied the petition to grant a hearing to to eleven property owners and tenants challenging developer Forest City Ratner’s legal rights to use eminent domain for the Atlantic Yards development project. Now, the plantiffs will file an action in New York state court.
The Privatopia Papers, SCOTUSblog » A new vote for property rights?
Mystery Reader sent this SCOTUSblog piece by Lyle Denniston speculating about Samuel Alito being a balance-tipping fifth vote in favor of property rights.
DMI Blog, Vann Bill Demands Developer Disclosure
In light of recent controversial, high profile development projects like Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards, one of the most vexing questions facing neighborhood stakeholders is, how do you ensure that developers feeding from the public trough do the right thing when pursuing a large development project in a low- and moderate-income area? Community Benefit Agreements, like the hotly controversial one generated between ACORN and Forest City Ratner for the proposed Nets stadium and surrounding development, has been one way for community-based organizations to assert some minimal control over the kind of impact that powerful, deep-pocketed, politically connected developers have on the city.
In this same spirit, Council Member Al Vann today announced new legislation that would compel developers receiving public subsidies accountable to disclose what kind of demographic and economic impact their projects would have on the surrounding area.
NoLandGrab: Having closely watched the environmental disclosure process for Atlantic Yards, it seems that further disclosure requirements might result in another invitation for developers to lie about the impacts and benefits of their projects.
Posted by lumi at June 26, 2008 4:11 AM