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January 27, 2010
It came from the Blogosphere...
Noticing New York, Forest City Ratner’s Two Buildings In Brooklyn Heights Need to be Condemned!
Michael D.D. White posts photographic evidence of blight bedeviling Bruce Ratner's Brooklyn Heights buildings.
Brooklyn Heights residents better start getting ready for a lot of demolition and zoning increases because we are ready to write about the “blighted” condition of the Heights one more time: This time we are going to write about how the blocks with the two Brooklyn Heights Forest City Ratner-owned properties need to be condemned- - Lots of sidewalk cracks there too!
Runnin' Scared, Locals Plan to Arrest Bruce Ratner at Noon on Wednesday, Disappointingly Eschew Violence
The citizen posse does not promise violence, but does suggest it will be good times all around. The warrant will be served at noon on Wednesday.
..."Nobody is going to physically abduct" Ratner, the release says, which is mildly disappointing, as they haven't a chance in hell of bringing Ratner to justice otherwise.
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill], The Day: Arresting Bruce Ratner
There’s a plan to place Bruce Ratner under citizen’s arrest this Wednesday in response to the closing of a homeless shelter last week.
The Architect's Newspaper Blog, Gehry Windfall
Yesterday’s high winds and rain did more than make life miserable for AN staff members with holes in their shoes. They also brought a stop work order down on Forest City Ratner’s Beekman Tower.
OVERFLOW::blog, Eminent Domain Strikes Again
Today, homeless advocates and anyone else who wants to join in the vigilante fun for that matter are staging a citizen's arrest of Bruce Rutger [NLG: who?] on alleged indictments of bribery. These people aren't just standing up for their community, they're standing up for those members who need the most support. Kudos to that.
Only The Blog Knows Brooklyn, Greetings From Scott Turner: Simplicities
Among Scott Turner's bulleted list of the simple and obvious:
- Bruce Ratner is a turd
- Michael Bloomberg is a wealthier turd than Bruce Ratner
- Atlantic Yards will disappoint the people who believe in it
- Brooklyn Brewery still stinks for supporting the Atlantic Yards project
New York Law Journal, Firms Earn $6 Million in Fees in Brooklyn Arena Bond Sale
All of the fees were paid by Forest City Ratner, said Elizabeth Mitchell, a spokeswoman for Empire State Development Corporation, which has control over the local development corporation. A lawyer close to the deal said some if not all of the firms reduced their fees "in recognition of the economic times." The firms, which were working on the bond sale for three years, also delayed getting paid until the transaction's close, the lawyer said.
The fees, which only cover the bond transaction, reflect a fraction of what Forest City Ratner has likely spent on the controversial $4.9 billion project, which has been the subject of litigation and development delays. It is also a fraction of what firms such as Fried Frank, which has been advising the company on Atlantic Yards for six years, have earned. State records show Fried Frank earned $1.52 million in lobbying income alone from Forest City Ratner from 2006 to 2008 on Atlantic Yards issues.
Posted by eric at January 27, 2010 10:30 AM