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February 28, 2009
Another AtlanticYards Appeal Fails
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
By Ryan Thompson
The Eagle reports on this past Thursday's decision by the Appellate Court:
After the New York State Supreme Court dismissed yet another lawsuit that seeks to stop Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project from being built in Brooklyn, opponents of the project appealed.
Here's yet another mention of the 22 lawsuit wins that Forest City Ranter claims, though nobody knows where that number comes from.
That appeal was denied yesterday by the Appellate Division, First Department – making opponents of Atlantic Yards now 0-22 as far as the lawsuits are concerned. The plaintiffs in several cases filed in state and federal courts have lost at all levels of litigation, and all appeals have been denied or refused by the courts.
The lawsuits, however, seem to be tangentially successful, causing substantial delays and excessive costs to the $4 billion project that could possibly never get fully built, factoring in the nation’s current economic crisis.
Posted by steve at February 28, 2009 4:33 PM