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December 24, 2009
Key Steps for Brooklyn Arena Plan as Critics Fight On
WNYC Radio
Plans for a new basketball arena in Brooklyn are gaining momentum, but opponents say they'll keep trying to stop the massive project.
Developer Forest City Ratner signed key documents yesterday, letting the nearly $5-billion, 22-acre Atlantic Yards project to proceed, and a state agency moved to condemn some property needed for the Brooklyn development.
...But lawsuits against the project continue. Opponents say the project would destroy a neighborhood to enrich private interests in the name of public benefit. They vow to challenge the condemnation, or forced sale.
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Yesterday's news about the closing of the bond and real estate deals related to the Atlantic Yards project (along with the go-ahead for property seizure via eminent domain) certainly had an air of finality about them, but the project's opponents are insisting that the fight is not over.
Posted by eric at December 24, 2009 10:06 AM