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April 10, 2010
Arena Foes Back in Court as NBA Delays Vote
GlobeSt.com
By Paul Bubny
Arguing that crucial documents had been withheld from the public record, opponents of the Atlantic Yards project filed a motion Thursday asking the New York State Supreme Court to reconsider its March 10 ruling against them. Later on Thursday, the NBA’s board of governors announced it was postponing a vote on Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov’s purchase of the Nets, who would play their games at the project’s centerpiece arena.
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Seeking to delay the completion of that relocation for as long as possible, the group Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn and 19 other community groups filed papers asking for another round in court. They argue that ESDC didn’t release documents showing that Atlantic Yards would take 25 years to complete until after oral arguments had been heard in January. The March 10 ruling by Judge Marcy Friedman "hinged on whether or not there was a rational basis for ESDC to claim the project would take 10 years."
NoLandGrab: DDDB is seeking to halt relocations, not delay them.
Posted by steve at April 10, 2010 8:51 AM