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July 1, 2010
Atlantic Yards Challenge Heard in Manhattan Supreme Court
The Local [Fort Greene/Clinton Hill]
by Mitchell Trinka
In mid-April the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council, a group of neighborhood organizations concerned about local development, filed a motion that asked the New York State Supreme Court to reconsider a decision in January that maintained approval of the Atlantic Yards 2009 modified general project plan. On Tuesday lawyers from both sides had their chance to offer oral arguments in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Gib Veconi, a member of the development council board that filed the motion, said that changes in the project’s construction schedule were at the heart of the suit. The schedule expanded from ten years until completion in the original plans, to a possible 25 years. It was a time line not released to the public until after a decision came in favor of Atlantic Yards in late January, he said.
“That means a large area of the project footprint would be used as a parking lot for decades,” Mr. Veconi said.
Posted by eric at July 1, 2010 11:51 AM