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May 19, 2010
It came from the Blogosphere...
Noticing New York, Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman Yesterday: Presenting an Image of Justice Respecting Atlantic Yards?
Yesterday, Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman held a hearing in one of the litigations pertaining to Atlantic Yards, known as Peter Williams Enterprises, et al., vs. New York State Urban Development Corporation (aka Empire State Development Corporation, or ESDC). This particular hearing was confined to the technical issue of whether it would be proper to switch the venue of the case from Justice Friedman’s court in Manhattan to Justice Abraham Gerges’ court in Kings County. ESDC, the state agency being sued, asked for the transfer of venue after Justice Gerges decided issues with respect to title in the separate condemnation case in ESDC’s favor. That is something that the attorney for the plaintiff, Matthew Brinckerhoff, said would make a belated transfer such as this look bad. (It would look like forum shopping for a soft judge.)
...Noticing New York’s principal contribution here is to provide our court artist’s sketch of Justice Friedman. We think justice ought to be as transparent as possible. Shouldn’t photographs of what goes on in the court room be allowed? Until they are we will have to suffice with this "sketchiness."
Brooklyn Based, Tip Sheet: May 19-May 25
Atlantic Yards Art
Students in Brooklyn College’s Performance and Interactive Media Arts MFA Program have spent the past semester creating visual interpretations of the Atlantic Yards controversy. Now they’re inviting the community to participate in their art-based conversation as they present their work in “A Question of Domain: Art About Atlantic Yards.” The exhibition begins at 6:30pm in the playground located on 6th Avenue between Dean and Bergen Streets (look for the U-Haul parked on Bergen) and then moves indoors to the lower level of Southpaw at 8pm.
Gothamist, Do The Nets Have The Worst Luck Or What?
This morning, Prokhorov had lunch with fellow billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg—as well as Nets investor Jay-Z and Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner—at Gracie Mansion. NY1 reports that "bagels were on the menu." And, FWIW, Shaquille O'Neal weighed in on the Nets' arena drama: "I think [the Prudential Center is] better than most arenas, I think it's one of the best arenas in the country. Hopefully they can stay there forever. I don't know what's going on with the Brooklyn situation, but it says a lot for the city of Newark."
Posted by eric at May 19, 2010 11:17 PM