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April 16, 2010
Property owner Henry Weinstein evicts developer Shaya Boymelgreen from Atlantic Yards site
NY Daily News
by Erin Durkin
Tenants were evicted from the Atlantic Yards site Thursday - but it wasn't by the state and it wasn't to make way for the controversial project.
Pacific St. property owner Henry Weinstein - who opposed losing his six-story building to eminent domain - booted a developer from the property for allegedly illegally selling his lease to Bruce Ratner and failing to pay rent.
Embattled developer Shaya Boymelgreen was evicted by the sheriff's office from the office building he had rented from Weinstein.
"I never met such dishonest people in my whole life, and all of it done for Bruce Ratner," said Weinstein.
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The ESDC issued a statement that Weinstein no longer had the right to evict tenants since the state took title to the building on March 1. Weinstein admitted it was a lost cause. "It's sort of like a hollow victory," Weinstein said. "Although I was able to right a terrible wrong, it's happening too late to save my property from eminent domain."
NoLandGrab: The ESDC, of course, failed to mention that it has yet to pay Weinstein for his property.
Posted by eric at April 16, 2010 10:01 AM