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December 1, 2009
B'klyn Family Battles New York Over Eminent Domain
Last Family Remaining In Apartment Building On Site Of Atlantic Yards Says They Won't Budge
WCBS TV News
Lou Young reporting
The fight over property rights is getting ugly in Brooklyn. Homeowners living in the way of a new stadium projects say they'll go on fighting despite losing a major court battle. CBS 2 met the central figure in the battle who has seen almost all of his neighbors move away.
..."This'll be the largest project in the history of Brooklyn. It'll be larger than the footprint of the World Trade Center," said Dan Goldstein, a condo owner on the site. "They're stealing my property. My property is not for sale, but they're going to make me sell it to them if we lose this next round of litigation."
Six years ago all the apartments in Goldstein's building were all occupied. There were 31 units in the building, but that was before Atlantic Yards was announced and everybody wound up moving out over the course of 18 months.
Related coverage...
Battle of Brooklyn via Kickstarter, the story on cbs news tonight
Here's a tv news story about the project that aired on CBS tonite. They were gracious enough to allow us to film as they put it together. We like to film as media covers a story because it allows us to both convey important information- and give viewers a sense of how these events affect the characters lives.
Posted by eric at December 1, 2009 11:47 AM