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March 1, 2010
Flashback quote of the day: from Poletown to Atlantic Yards
Atlantic Yards Report
"It is hard to imagine an economic development program that is structured in a serious way that would not survive a 'public purpose' challenge."
--Stephen Lefkowitz, former general counsel to the New York State Urban Development Corporation (now Empire State Development Corporation), National Law Journal, 6/1/81, as quoted in the 1989 book Poletown: Community Betrayed, about a notorious eminent domain case in Detroit.
Now a partner in the law firm Fried, Frank, Lefkowitz has worked on Atlantic Yards as well as MetroTech, Yankee Stadium, and many other projects.
Posted by eric at March 1, 2010 10:11 PM