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April 12, 2010
TODAY: April 12, 9:30 AM. Oral Argument in Atlantic Yards Eminent Domain Related Case - NOTE VENUE CHANGE
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Please note that the venue has changed to 60 Centre, Room 335 (NOT 80 Centre)
Legal arguments in the following lawsuit will take place on Monday, April 12th, at 9:30 AM in Manhattan.
PETER WILLIAMS vs. NYS URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORP
9:30 AM
New York County Supreme Court
60 Centre Street [Map]
ManhattanOral argument on Article 78 lawsuit seeking to compel the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) to make new Eminent Domain Procedure Law (204) findings and determinations.
A number of property owners and tenants in the footprint brought this lawsuit in January 2010 arguing that the eminent domain takings were based on a 2006 approved plan that no longer exists. If the property seizures are going to occur, they must be for the drastically altered current plan—a basketball arena and one building—not for the project originally conceived with the promise of 2,250 affordable housing units, 16 towers and 10,000 jobs. The case argues that the ESDC must make new findings and determinations under the States's Eminent Domain Procedure Law.
Posted by steve at April 12, 2010 7:47 AM