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March 11, 2010
Brooklyn Man Won't Back Down From Atlantic Yards Fight
NY1 News
by Anthony Pascale
Ahead of tomorrow’s official groundbreaking for the Atlantic Yards project, a vigilant defender of the community says he has not given up his fight – or his apartment. NY1’s Anthony Pascale filed the following report.
Dan Goldstein has been one of the most vocal opponents of the Atlantic Yards project.
“I certainly no longer feel like I'm a free citizen of New York City,” Goldstein told NY1.
But while he has been putting up a fight, he says he never thought he’d have to wage one just to get friends and family up to his seventh-floor Prospect Heights condo. He says it’s a battle to get into his apartment now that his street is fenced off and security guards are on patrol 24 hours a day.
“It’s a very strange situation that certainly doesn't feel right, to be told about who has access to my home,” Goldstein said.
...“I feel that the state, Forest City Ratner have no problem making life difficult for me at this point, because there's no reason they have to make it as difficult as they've been making it over the past two days,” he said.
NoLandGrab: It goes without saying that without Daniel Goldstein, and his incredible will and determination to fight for what he believes is right, ground would have been broken on Atlantic Yards long ago. For that, many Brooklynites — and you can include we NoLandGrabbers among them — consider Daniel Goldstein a bona fide hero.
Posted by eric at March 11, 2010 12:31 AM