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October 14, 2009
Politi: Dug-in Brooklynite holds for last shot
Newark Star-Ledger
By Steve Politi
New Jersey still has a professional basketball team, and it’s not because a passionate fan base or savvy politicians kept it here. The Nets are still here in large part because [Daniel] Goldstein dug in his heels against a billionaire developer and a political machine.
Wednesday, his fight comes down to the buzzer. The State of New York Court of Appeals will hear arguments in Albany about whether the state has the right to seize Goldstein’s home and other properties to build the Nets’ new arena and the rest of the Atlantic Yards project.
Lose this case, and there is little but financing (still no small hurdle) standing between the Nets and Brooklyn. Win it, and the project dies, and New Jersey has a chance to save its NBA team for more than a couple of preseason games like the one at the Prudential Center Tuesday night.
Posted by lumi at October 14, 2009 5:14 AM