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May 4, 2010
Final Hold-Outs Emerge At Atlantic Yards
Brownstoner
This 'blighted' house at 481 Dean Street has emerged at the last minute as the final barrier to the bulldozers at Atlantic Yards. According to The Post, the Ahmed family is still living there and, despite having already accepted the standard $85,000 relocation fee Ratner was offering renters to move, refusing to budge.
...It turns out that neither Forest City Ratner for ESDC even knew people were still living in the house.
NoLandGrab: With all the spycams Ratner has trained on the neighborhood, no one noticed their comings and goings? The bloody lights were on Friday night during Freddy's almost-last-night party. And the ESDC can find micro-fissures in the sidewalks in their search for blight, but not an entire living, breathing family?
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The Brooklyn Ink, HOLDOUTS EMERGE IN ATLANTIC YARDS
After Prospect Heights resident Daniel Goldstein relented and took a $3 million buyout to vacate his condo, Forest City Ratner thought they were in the clear to begin razing properties to make way for their sprawling Atlantic Yards project. But a family has emerged from a property at 481 Dean St. and demanded $170,000 in relocation fees to leave.
Posted by eric at May 4, 2010 12:36 PM