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March 31, 2009
Atlantic Yards Opponents Ask to Appeal Again
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
By Ryan Thompson
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – There could perhaps be yet another appeal filed in the vast array of lawsuits aimed at stopping Atlantic Yards.
According to a press release from petitioner Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB), it and a dozen other community group co-petitioners filed a motion Monday morning to seek permission to appeal to the state’s highest court, the New York Court of Appeals in Albany.
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So far, Atlantic Yards opponents have not won any substantive case that would stop or substantially alter Atlantic Yards through court directive.The lawsuits, however, seem to be tangentially successful, causing substantial delays and excessive costs to the 22-acre project that could possibly never get fully built, factoring in the nation’s current economic crisis. Last week, the project’s architect, Frank Gehry, made headlines when he commented to The Architect’s Newspaper that he was skeptical that Atlantic Yards would ever happen.
Posted by lumi at March 31, 2009 5:28 AM