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May 10, 2010
Pro Bono Barrister: Will Plaintiff Weiss Follow Plaintiff Goldstein?
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
by Charles F. Otey, Esq.
The Atlantic Yards saga makes a cameo appearance in the Eagle's "weekly column dedicated to telling about the good that lawyers do," which defends upstanding citizens Marty Markowitz and Greg Atkins against claims of sexual harassment, calling the former Brooklyn's most "respected spokesman."
As we all discovered — some to their dismay and chagrin — even so determined a crusader as Daniel Goldstein, who inveighed for years against the “injustices” inherent in the construction of the huge Atlantic Yards project, ultimately had a “price.” He took $3 million for an apartment that cost him under $600,000. A nifty profit. And he earned it.
...As for Daniel Goldstein, long a media favorite as spokesman for Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, weaving a drama in which he was cast as David against ‘Goliath Bruce Ratner, he is not a “sellout.” His ($3 million) settlement was totally foreseeable by anyone who’s been around long enough to have witnessed a number of such ‘crusades.’
Interestingly the settlement, reached before Justice Abraham Gerges, was achieved off the record, which gives both parties the right to “spin” it any way they want. A former city councilman and Interim Administrative Judge, Justice Gerges’ reported suggestion of the off-the-record settlement played a key role in bringing this matter to a conclusion.
Posted by eric at May 10, 2010 10:45 AM