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February 27, 2009
Appellate Court Decision - Media Wrapup (Part Deux)
NY Observer, Ratner Wins Another Round in Legal Fight Over Atlantic Yards
A state appellate court struck down a crucial, but not final, legal challenge to Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project Thursday, as the court rejected a challenge to the environmental review brought by project critics.
Mr. Ratner is still awaiting a key decision on a lawsuit that challenges the use of eminent domain for the project, which calls for the development of a Nets basketball arena and more than 6,000 apartments near downtown Brooklyn. The project has struggled in the economy and has been unable to proceed due to the legal challenges; and at the same time, the developer is struggling to make the project financially feasible in the rough economic climate. Many observers expect the eminent domain lawsuit to ultimately be dismissed given the relatively broad power New York eminent domain laws give to the state.
WNYC Radio, Court Tosses Atlantic Yards Environmental Lawsuit
Developers of the Atlantic Yards have cleared a legal hurdle. A state appeals court rejected an attempt to block the $4 billion Brooklyn project on environmental grounds.
The decision says the state's environmental review of traffic, crowds, potential terrorism and other concerns satisfied legal requirements.
GlobeSt.com, Atlantic Yards Wins a Round in Court
Forest City Ratner Cos., developer of the Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, has won another legal round as an appellate court upheld the dismissal of a challenge to the project. The challengers--an advocacy group known as Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn and 25 other community groups--say they will appeal.
Brownstoner, Ratner Wins Another Round of Yards Lawsuits
Despite voicing uneasiness with some aspects of the case, an Appeals Court panel did not find enough evidence of improper conduct on the part of the ESDC to rule in favor of the 26 neighborhood groups challenging the Atlantic Yards project on the basis of the project's "sham" environmental review. While the court did not find legal grounds to grant the opposition's petition, it did sympathize with its overall plight....
Gowanus Lounge, Atlantic Yards #1: Court Rules for State on EIS Litigation
We’ve been too diverted by other subjects–some of them stupid–to wade into Atlantic Yards recently, but it’s time.
Only the Blog Knows Brooklyn, No Land Grab Has the Links to News and Analysis on Court's Decision Yesterday
Yesterday was a bad day for Brooklyn: the State Supreme Court Appellate Division ruled in FAVOR of the Empire State Development Corporation and AGAINST the community in the challenge to the state's environmental review and "blight" determination for the Atlantic Yards proposal.
Curbed, Atlantic Yards: Still Breathing
Yesterday a state appellate court ruled that the Empire State Development Corp. appropriately reviewed and approved Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards project, clearing one more hurdle for developer Forest City Ratner in its attempt to build an arena and...whatever the heck else Atlantic Yards is nowadays.
Posted by eric at February 27, 2009 10:16 AM