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February 23, 2009
TODAY: Eminent Domain Court Argument
Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn
The challenge, by nine brave home and business owners and tenants, to New York state's use of eminent domain to take the their properties for developer Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic Yards development proposal will be argued in court on Monday, February 23.Forest City Ratner cannot build its floundering project without these plaintiffs’ properties.
Monday, February 23. 10am*
Supreme Court, State of New York. Appellate Division**, Second Department
45 Monroe Place. Brooklyn, NY.
Directions to the Court.The lawsuit was filed on August 1st, 2008 and fully briefed at the end of December. All briefs in Goldstein et al. v Empire State Development Corporation can be found here.
Posted by amy at February 23, 2009 10:45 AM